Question

a person walks 50 m in north and from there he walks 30m in west . now he/she walks 50m distance in south. find the distance travelled by the person and his/her displacement​

Answer 1

Answer:

Distance- 130 m

Displacement- 30m towards west.

Answer 2

Answer:

Distance= 130m

Displacement = 30m

Explanation:

• In context to the given question, we have to find the distance and displacement of the person  
• Given,

a person walks 50 m in north

he walks 30m in west

he walks 50m distance in south.

Distance = Total distance covered by the person = 50 + 30 + 50 = 130 m

Displacement = shortest distance between final and initial point = 30m

because a person travels 50m in north and also in south so the gap between the initial and final point is 30m west.

Therefore,

Distance= 130m

Displacement = 30m