Question

a boy move that metre towards north then turn is 3 metre and then 6 metre towards south calculate the distance and displacement​

Answer 1

Answer:

Let the east direction to be

i

^

and north direction be

j

^

.

Thus displacement of the man

S

=8

i

^

+6

j

^

So, magnitude of displacement ∣

S

∣=

6

2

+8

2

=

100

=10 m