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A plumber steps out of his truck, walks `60m` east and `35m` south and then taken an elevator, `12m` down to the basement of a building where a bad leak is occurring. Assume x axis is east , y-exis is north and z-axis us up, Find displacement of plumber in term of conventional co-ordinate system ?

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