Question

A person travels 6m towards east, 8 m towards north and 16 m towards south. What is displacement of the person ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Given that:

• A Person travels 6 m towards east,
• 8 m towards north and
• 16 m towards south.

To find:-

Displacement of the person.

Solution:-

• AB = 6 m
• BD = 8 m

Then the displacement in AD.

AD(Displacement) =

$\sqrt{(AB) {}^{2} + (BD ) {}^{2} } \\ \\ = \sqrt{6 {}^{2} +8 {}^{2} } \\ \\ = \sqrt{36 + 64} \\ \\ = \sqrt{100} = 10 \: m$

Thus, displacement of the person is 10 m.

$\fbox {Extra information}$

What is displacement?

Displacement is the shortest distance covered from the initial point to the final point.

It is a vector quantity.

What is a vector quantity?

A quantity that has both magnitude and direction is called vector quantity.

Some examples of vector quantity are:

• Displacement
• Direction
• Velocity
• Acceleration and many more.

Answer 2

Answer:

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