An automobile’s odometer reading increases from to during a trip

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Problem

An automobile’s odometer reading increases from 12 345 km12\,345\,\text{km} to 12 368 km12\,368\,\text{km} during a trip. The quantity 23 km23\,\text{km} indicated by this change represents (a) displacement of the automobile (b) straight-line distance between the starting and ending points (magnitude of displacement) (c) distance travelled by the automobile (d) change in position Δx\Delta x of the automobile treated as a vector quantity

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