Question

If you travel 1.7 km north from your house at noon, and at 6:00 PM you travel 5.4 km south, what is your displacement?

Answer 1

Answer:

Displacement = 5.4km - 1.7km = 3.7km.

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Answer 2

Answer:

7.1 km

Explanation:

firstly you walked 1.7 km north from your house and then again you travelled 5.4 km south from your house ,there you travelled two distances in opposite direction the shortest possible distance between the two is to add up the two distances because the two points are alligned in a straight line .

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