Use a scaled drawing to find the displacement for each of the following. Then check your work with the Pythagorean theorem.
a. an ant that walks 3 meters north and 3 meters east
b. a cat who runs 6 meters west and 2 meters north
c. a car that drives 8 km south and 6 km west d. a plane that flies 200 miles north, turns, and flies 200 miles south
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