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Jorge walked 25 steps north. Then he walked 75 steps south. What’s Jorge final position

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50

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User Petey
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Well if Jorge's motion can be described by vectors then he first went +25 steps then -75 steps which means he did -50 steps in total. His position is thus 50 steps to the south of the original position.

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