Question

A person moves from a point S and walks along the path is a square of each side 50m.He runs east,south then west and finally north.Then the total displacement covered is​

Answer 1

Answer:

The displacement of the person is 0

distance is 50*4= 200m

Explanation:

Answer 2

Given:

Person walking through the side of square , each side being 50 m.

To Find:

The displacement.

Solution:

Displacement is the shortest distance between two particles or objects.

• In our question the person walks from at point S, first towards his east that is 50 m towards his right. Then south that is 50 m down.
• Then he walks towards west for 50 m and north for rest 50 m.
• Now he has completed the entire square traveling the distance of 200m and returned back to its original position (S)
• But, displacement is the shortest distance. However, in this case the person returned to its original position so, there is no net displacement.

Hence, the displacement of the person is zero.