a sailboat that is initially 15m to right of a floating drum (origin) moves 35 m to the left of the drum the sailboat displacement is
Answers
Answer: - 50 m
Explanation:
Let us take the right side to be positive and left side to be negative.
Displacement = Final Position - Initial Position
= -35 - 15 = - 50 m
(The negative sign shows the direction of displacement)
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Answer:
The total displacement of the sailboat from the drum is 35m
Explanation:
Displacement: The displacement is just the difference in position between the two markings and is independent of the path taken when going between the two marks. The distance traveled, on the other hand, is the entire length of the path followed between the two markers.
Displacement is calculated as the movement from the origin
The boat first move towards the drum which is the origin by 15m which makes the total displacement 0m as the sailboat originated from that place.
The boat now moves 35m left from the drum
The total movement from the origin is 15m towards the drum plus 35m left of the drum making distance covered by 50m
Distance= 15m + 35m = 50m
Displacement = Distance - movement towards the origin
= 50m - 15m = 35m
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