Question

A man travels a distance of 12km towards south and then he travels a distance of 5km towards west. So find the distance and displacement between his initial and final position.​

Answer 1

ans.

displacement is minimum path to rich final

so by pytha goras

12 ^2 + 5^2=x ^2

144 + 25 =

169 =x ^2

X = 13 km is displace ment

and actual path by obj is distance is 12 + 5 = 17 km