Question

A boy in travel 8km east than he take turn left and travel 6km . find distance and displacement

Answer 1

distance is the total path covered .
displacement is the shortest between initial and final position.in his case distance is 8+6=14 km
but ,
displacement is
using Pythagoras theorem
${8}^{2} + {6}^{2} = x {}^{2}$
therefore, x=10km