If a car travels 30 mi. north for one-half hour, 50. mi. east for one hour, and 30 mi. south for 30 min., what is the total distance the car traveled?

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If a car travels 30 mi. north for one-half hour, 50. mi. east for one hour, and 30 mi. south for 30 min., what is the total distance the car traveled?

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hartnn · Answer

distance is easy.
just add the 3 distances
30+ 50 + 30 

if displacement was asked then you'd taken directions into consideration

anonymous · Answer

What do you do to know what direction to go in?

hartnn · Answer

as i said, to find the distance you don't even need the direction.
distance is a scalar quantity, only magnitude is important

anonymous · Answer

Ohh okay so on this problem what would I have to do?

If a car travels 30 mi. north for one-half hour, 50 mi. east for one hour, and 30 mi. south for 30 min., what is the total displacement of the car?

hartnn · Answer

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