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A girl walks 2 km north, then 2 km east, then 2km south, then 2km west. what distance does she travel? what is her displacement?

A girl walks 2 km north, then 2 km east, then 2km south, then 2km west. what distance does she travel? what is her displacement?
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A girl walks 2 km north, then 2 km east, then 2km south, then 2km west. what distance does she travel? what is her displacement?

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She travel 8 km. Her displacement is the point from where she started travelling.
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Her distance is 2+2+2+2=8 km

However, her displacement is 0 km because she ended up in the same place
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