Melinda is taking a tour through a new city. On the tour, she walks 0.40 miles south, 0.65 miles east, 0.78 miles north, 1.24 miles west, then 1.20 miles south. At the end of the tour, what is Melinda's displacement vector?   1.0 miles, 36∘ west of south   1.6 miles, 41∘ south of west   1.0 miles, 36∘ south of west   1.6 miles, 41∘ west of south

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Melinda is taking a tour through a new city. On the tour, she walks 0.40 miles south, 0.65 miles east, 0.78 miles north, 1.24 miles west, then 1.20 miles south. At the end of the tour, what is Melinda's displacement vector?
 
1.0 miles, 36∘ west of south
 
1.6 miles, 41∘ south of west
 
1.0 miles, 36∘ south of west
 
1.6 miles, 41∘ west of south
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