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A man walks 1.5 m in the east direction, then he walks 2.0 m in south direction and at last walks 4.5 m in the east direction, then using appropriate scale (e.g., 1 cm = 1 m) using scale... ( i ) Calculate the distance covered by the man. (ii) Find the resultant displacement (magnitude) of the man.

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(i) 8m
(ii) 6.3 m`
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