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Problem 1CQ
You and your dog go for a walk to a nearby park. On the way, your dog takes many short side trips to chase squirrels, examine fire hydrants, and so on. When you arrive at the park, do you and your dog have the same displacement? Have you traveled the same distance? Explain.
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Problem 1CQ
You and your dog go for a walk to a nearby park. On the way, your dog takes many short side trips to chase squirrels, examine fire hydrants, and so on. When you arrive at the park, do you and your dog have the same displacement? Have you traveled the same distance? Explain.
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Displacement
Displacement is the change in position of the object, it implies that the object is moved or displaced. It has both magnitude and direction (vector) and is given by,
Where is final position,
is initial position and
is change in position or displacement.
Distance travelled
Distance travelled is the total length of path travelled by the object between two positions. It has no direction and therefore cannot be negative.