SOLUTION: a hicker walks 2 kilometers to the north,3 kilometers to the west,4 kilometers to the south,5 kilometers to the east,1 more kilometer to south and finally 2 kilometers west, how fa

Question 871126: a hicker walks 2 kilometers to the north,3 kilometers to the west,4 kilometers to the south,5 kilometers to the east,1 more kilometer to south and finally 2 kilometers west, how far did he end up ? from where he started ?
hint : what is resultant ?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The hiker starts at (0,0).
Break up the walk into East-West (+x,-x) and North-South (+y,-y).
East-West : -3+5-2=0
North-South : 2-4-1=-3
(0,0)+(0,-3)=(0,-3)
He's 3 km south of where she started.
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