A cross-country skier moves from location A to location B to location C to location D. Each leg of the back-and-forth motion takes 1 minute to complete; the total time is 3 minutes. (The unit is meters.) A D B t = 0 min t = 2 min t = 3 min t = 1 min 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 a. What is the distance traveled by the skier during the three minutes of recreation?

A cross-country skier moves from location A to location B to location C to location D. Each leg of the back-and-forth motion takes 1 minute to complete; the total time is 3 minutes. (The unit is meters.) A D B t = 0 min t = 2 min t = 3 min t = 1 min 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 a. What is the distance traveled by the skier during the three minutes of recreation?

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What is the net displacement of the skier during the three minutes of recreation?
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What is the displacement during the third minute (from 2 min. to 3 min.)?

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