Answer the following
1. mina drive her scooter 7000 m North. She stops for lunch and then drives 5000m South . What distance did she cover ? what is her displacement?
2. Tom walks 500 m heading north and then 200 m back. Compute for his total distance and displacement covered.
3. Jane traveled 6 km, east and then 9 km west. find jane's distance travel and displacement.
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Answer:
distance = 12km and displacement = 8.6 km
Explanation:
Displacement is the distance between initial point and final point
so displacement = √72+52 = 8.6 km [by pythagoras theorem]