Question

1) The following figure shows the journey of a cyclist from P to R through Q.
40 m
50 m
P
R
a) What is the distance travelled by the cyclist?
b)
What is the displacement?
Find the situation in which the magnitude of distance and displacement becomes equal ​

Answer 1

Answer:

A. The distance travelled by the cyclist is 40 + 50 = 70 m.

B. The displacement is the shortest length of path between the initial and final velocity. It is also the vector quantity . If for this part we talk so our displacement will be = final velocity - initial velocity = 50 - 40 = 10 m.