(I) A delivery truck travels 18 blocks north, 10 blocks

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(I) A delivery truck travels 18 blocks north, 10 blocks east, and 16 blocks south. What is its final displacement from the origin? Assume the blocks are equal length.

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(I) A delivery truck travels 18 blocks north, 10 blocks east, and 16 blocks south. What is its final displacement from the origin? Assume the blocks are equal length.

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Addition of two or more vectors is possible by resolving each vector in to its  and  components, and the  components and  components are added individually to form the resultant  component and  component. The magnitude of these two resultant components can be obtained by using Pythagoras theorem.

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