Ask us anythingEdward and his family are sightseeing. They walk two blocks north four blocks west and two blocks south. All together they've walked blocks and have a total displacement (magnitude only?

Edward and his family have walked a total of eight blocks (2 blocks north + 4 blocks west + 2 blocks south). To find their total displacement, we can visualize their path: they end up two blocks west of their starting point. The magnitude of their displacement is simply the straight-line distance, which is 4 blocks (2 blocks north and 4 blocks west can be combined using the Pythagorean theorem: √(2² + 4²) = √20 = 4.47 blocks, but since the question asks for magnitude only, we can state they are effectively 4 blocks away westward).