Question

A man travels 24 km towards North and 7 km towards East. Find the distance
travelled and displacement of the man.​

Answer 1

Answer:

DISTANCE: 31km

DISPLACEMENT: 25km

Explanation:

Distance = Total path covered

24 + 7 = 31 km

Displacement = Shortest path

Here we can see, a triangle is formed in which we want the hypotenuse of it.

SO,

$AC^{2}$ = $AB^{2}$ + $BC^{2}$

      = $24^{2}$ + $7^{2}$

      = 576 + 49

      = 625

      = 25 km