document.write( "Question 1096009: a man travels 7km due north, then 10km east. find the resultant displacement \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #710522 by addingup(3677)\"\" \"About 
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Do you mean find the distance between the beginning point and the end point? In geometry, this would be the hypotenuse of the triangle. Do this:
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