Question

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A persons starts from o
and
goes to 3m to the north
and goest im to the East
and
oses 6m to the south
What will be the & Distance
and Displacement​

Answer 1

Answer:

Let the East direction be along

i

^

and the North direction be along

j

^

and the person be initially at the origin .

Then

k

^

points in the vertically upward direction.

Therefore , final position vector of the particle=

r

= 3

i

^

+ 4

j

^

+ 5

k

^

Hence , the distance of the person from the origin = ∣

r

∣

=

3

2

+4

2

+5

2

= 5

2

m