A car travels 10 km towards east and then 5km towards west. The displacement is
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Explanation:
Let starting position of the car as the origin. The car first travels 10KM east (+10KM) and 5 KM west after that (-5KM). East is along positive x so positive and west along negative so -ve.
To measure distance traveled, it's just the sum of distance travel throughout the journey. So carTo find the displacement we should be careful about the direction as well. Displacement measures the position of the car with respect to initial position
Displacement = +10KM + (- 5KM)
= 5 km
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