Question

Youstand at the main gate of your house The Ice-cream parlourIs 10m sway from the main gate You walk to the Ice –cream parlour and come back again? [3] (a) What is the distance you have walked? (b) What is your final displacement? (c) Is displacement equal to distance? Give a reason for your answer?

Answer 1

a) the total distance = 20 m ....(10+10)
b) the final displacement= 0...
C) no the displacement is not equal to the distance....coz the total displacement is equal to the shortest path covered and the distance is equal to the total path covered...

Answer 2

The distance travelled is 20 m.
The total displacement is 0
No the displacement is not equal to the distance because displacement is the shortest distance and as you came back the displacement is 0 and the distance is 20m