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A race horse runs straight north and covers a distance of 12m then turns easet and travls a distance of 5m Draw the diagram showing the displacements and from the figure, cacluate the net displacement of the horse.

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`:.AC= sqrt((AB)^(2)+(BC)^(2)) = sqrt(144+25)`
`=sqrt(169) =13 m`
Displacement is 13 m along north east.
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