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Referring to Figure, you walk from your home to the
Chapter 2, Problem 1P(choose chapter or problem)
Referring to Figure 2–20, you walk from your home to the library, then to the park. (a) What is the distance traveled? (b) What is your displacement?
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QUESTION:
Referring to Figure 2–20, you walk from your home to the library, then to the park. (a) What is the distance traveled? (b) What is your displacement?
ANSWER:
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Here we have to calculate the displacement and distance travelled for the given case.
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.