Question

A body moves 8 m south, 6 m east. What is it's displacement a) 10 m east
b) 10 m south
c) 10 m north east
d) 10 m west​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Consider, east direction to be x-direction, north direction to be y-direction and vertically upward direction to be z-direction.

Displacement of the particle is given by

S

=8

i

^

+6

j

^

+10

k

^

Magnitude of displacement ∣

S

∣=

6

2

+8

2

+10

2

=10

2

m