Originally posted by bonkysleuth:
1. A man walks 10m to the east followed by another 4 m to
the east. What is his displacement?
2. A man walks 10m to the east followed by another 4 m to the west.
What is his displacement?
3. A man walks 8 m to the east followed by another 6 m to the
south. What is the [b]magnitude of his displacement?
For question 1, is the answer 0? I'm not sure but can someone
explain the 3 questions to me?[/b]
1) 14m
2) 6m
3) 14m
Distance is a scalar quantity which refers to "how
much ground an object has covered" during its motion.
Displacement is a vector quantity which refers to
"how far out of place an object is"; it is the object's overall
change in position.
OMFG I MISS DOING MATHS! D:
