Question

Ram hired a three wheeler from bus stand to his house . The driver “A” of the three

wheeler followed the shortest path and reached the destination in half an hour. He charged

Rs. 50 from Ram. On the same day, Ram’s sister also came to her house after attending a

function in other city. She also hired a three wheeler. The driver B of the three wheeler took

an hour to reach her house and charged Rs. 150 from her.

a) Define displacement.

b) Is displacement a scalar quantity or a vector quantity?

c) What is the unit of displacement?

d) Is the displacement of both the three wheelers from bus stand to Ram’s house same or

different?

e) What values are shown by driver “A” ?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Ram hired a three wheeler from bus stand to his house . The driver “A” of the three

wheeler followed the shortest path and reached the destination in half an hour. He charged

Rs. 50 from Ram. On the same day, Ram’s sister also came to her house after attending a

function in other city. She also hired a three wheeler. The driver B of the three wheeler took

an hour to reach her house and charged Rs. 150 from her.

a) Define displacement.

b) Is displacement a scalar quantity or a vector quantity?

c) What is the unit of displacement?

d) Is the displacement of both the three wheelers from bus stand to Ram’s house same or

different?

e) What values are shown by driver “A” ?

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Answer 2

a) Define displacement

➜ The word displacement implies that an object has moved, or has been displaced. Displacement is defined to be the change in position of an object

b) Is displacement a scalar quantity or a vector quantity?

➜ Displacement is a vector quantity because it has magnitude as well as direction.

c) What is the unit of displacement?

➜ The SI unit for displacement is the meter (m).