Jhon travels from home to school covering a path of 3km and returns back. Find distance and displacement.
Answers
Answer:
Distance = 6 km
Displacement = 0 km
Explanation:
Given :
- Distance travelled for going to school from home = 3 km
- Jhon goes and again returns back to home also
To find :
- Distance covered by jhon
- Displacement of jhon
Distance = 3 + 3 = 6 km (As jhon goes and again comes back so distance will be equal to the sum)
Displacement = 0km (As jhon returns back to his initial position and hence Displacement will be equal to 0 km)
Distance = 6 km
Displacement = 0 km
AnswEr :
Given that John travels from home to school covering a path of 3 km and returns back.
We have to find distance covered and displacement of john.
Let the point of home be A and point of school be B.
As John covers same distance twice i.e. home to school and school to home. So distance will twice the same path.
→ Total distance = AB + BA
→ Total distance = (3 + 3) km
→ Total distance = 6 km.
∴ Total distance covered = 6 km (Ans : 1)
Now as John covers the same path amd returns to the same point i.e. home.
[Home to school - School to home]
So displacement will be equal to 0.
→ Total displacement = AB - BA
→ Total displacement = 3 - 3
→ Total displacement = 0
∴ Total displacement of John = 0 (Ans : 2)