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Question 1007673: A lion gets loose from the zoo. He goes 50m due west then turns and goes 20m due north. Would the zookeeper need to know the lion's distance traveled or the lion's displacement in order to find the lion? Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The displacement, being a vector quantity, is both the magnitude of the distance (53.85m) from the original spot and the vector direction.
