1. A golfer takes three putts to get his ball into the hole once he is on the green. The first putt displaces the ball 12 ft. north, the second 6 ft. southeast, and the third 3 ft. southwest. What displacement is needed to get the ball into the hole on the first putt?

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A: Mass is a scalar quantity.

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Scalars and Vectors

Scalars and Vectors are the classification of physical quantities that are used to denote various terms in physics.