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Rectilinear Motion
Question

A body goes 10km north and 20km east what will be the magnitude of the displacement from initial point?

Moderate
Solution

The displacement vector can be written as 
 S¯=20i^+10j^km
Where  i^, and j^ are unit vectors along east and north (or) along X-axes and Y-axes respectively
MagnitudeofdisplacementS=202+102

=500=22.36km

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