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Grade 11General Physics

If a boy goes 4m north and then goes 3m south-east. Then he turns and walks 5m west. Find his displacement.

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10 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Himanshu
10 Years ago
FOR NORTH VECTOR IS 4j
FOR SOUTH east VECTOR IS 3/root(2)i - 3/root(2)j
for west vector is -5i
just add these vectors and find magnitude of the rentsulatant vector that will give you the required displacement