Physics, asked by pappukumar421, 10 months ago

A body goes 200 km east and 30 km west .what will be the displacement from initial p
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Answered by Mehwish09

Answer:

The displacement from the initial point will be 170 km

Explanation:

If the body travells 200 km east and again 30 km west

As we all know that west is opposite to east

And, However displacement is a vector quantity so it considers the directions

Then the displacement will be 200 km - 30 km = 170 km

As 30 km is opposite to 200 km east So we take negative sign for 30 km

But if we will be asked for the distance it will be 200 km + 30 km as distance is a scalar quantity and it does not have any direction