Question

5. Calculate both the distance and the magnitude of the displacement of the Earth after...

i) one complete orbit around the sun

ii) one-half orbit around the sun

iii) one-fourth orbit around the sun

iv) What relationship between distance and displacement does this illustrate​

Answer 1

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i) one complete orbit around the sun

Answer 2

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