Question

A man moves along the sides of a square field of side 10m and completes the round in 20s.calculate the displacement after 40s

Answer 1

Explanation:

Side of the square = 10 m

Perimeter of the square = 4×10 = 40 m

He completes 1 round in 40 s.

So, speed = 40/40 = 1 m/s

So, distance covered in 2 min 20 s or 140 s is = 140 × 1 = 140 m

Number of rounds of the square completed in moving through 140 m is = 140/40 = 3.5

In 3 rounds the displacement is zero. In 0.5 round the farmer reaches the diagonally opposite end of the square from his starting point.

Displacement = AC = (AB + BC ) = (100+100) = 10√2 m