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A snail climbs 2 m 38 cm up a wall and slides down 1 m 15 cm.
How many millimetres did it climb?

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Solution

Resultant displacement
$= | d i s t a n c e m o v e d u p - d i s t a n c e m o v e d d o w n | = | 2.38 - 1.15 |$
$= 1.23$ m
$∴$ it climbed $1.23$ meters

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