Question

A body travels 100m towards east and then travels 25m towards west. The displacement of the body is

Answer 1

Answer:

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The distance will be = 100 + 25 = 125m

A = 100 m on east from west and again east to west = 25m

Displacement = 100 - 25 = 75 m.

Answer 2

$\Delta x=75$

Explanation:

Displacement is a such type of quantity that is used to measure the shortest distance between final and initial point . It is a vector quantity that means it has a direction. During displacement calculation, initial distance is subtracted from final distance thus the mathematical formula is like $\Delta x = x_f-x_i$

Given,

$x_f$= 100 ,      $x_i =$ 25

$\Delta x=x_{f}-x_{i}$

$\Delta x= 100-25$

$\Delta x = 75$