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A man walks 40 meters east, 20 meters west and 10 meters south. Determine the displacement.
 Jul 27, 2013
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Simple solution: Build 3 Vectors
[input](40, 0)[/input] for 40 meters east
[input](-20, 0)[/input] for 20 meters west
and
[input](0, -10)[/input] for 10 meters south

Now summarize these vectors and calculate the magnitude:
[input]len((40, 0)+(-20, 0)+(0, -10))[/input]
 Jul 27, 2013

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