Question: A squirrel is trying to locate some nuts he buried for the winter. He moves 4.0 m to the right of a stone and digs

A squirrel is trying to locate some nuts he buried for the winter. He moves 4.0 m to the right of a stone and digs unsuccessfully. Then he moves 1.0 m to the left of his hole, changes his mind, and moves 6.5 m to the right of that position and digs a second hole. No luck. Then he moves 8.3 m to the left and digs again. He finds a nut at last. What is the squirrel's total displacement from its starting point?

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