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Benjamina started her walk from the front door of her ground floor apartment. She walked 6 meters to the corner of the building and then turned the corner and walked 10 meters to her friend’s apartment. Identify the difference between the distance she walked and her displacement.
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Distance walked = 6 + 10 = 16 m.
Assuming she turned a right angle at the corner, her displacement is the straight-line distance from start to finish:
displacement = sqrt(6^2 + 10^2) = sqrt(136) = 2√34 ≈ 11.66 m.
Difference = distance − displacement = 16 − 2√34 ≈ 4.34 m.
Assuming she turned a right angle at the corner, her displacement is the straight-line distance from start to finish:
displacement = sqrt(6^2 + 10^2) = sqrt(136) = 2√34 ≈ 11.66 m.
Difference = distance − displacement = 16 − 2√34 ≈ 4.34 m.
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