a person drives north 6 blocks, then turns west, and drives 6 blocks. The driver then turns south and drives and 6 blocks. How c
ould the driver have made the distance shorter while maintaining the same displacement? A. by driving north 4 blocks and west 7 blocks. B. by driving west 6 blocks from the starting point. C. by driving south 6 blocks from the starting point D. by driving back to the starting point by the same route
Displacement is how much something has moved from the final point from the initial point. Given how the driver drove, he ended up just 6 blocked away to the west, as his movement north was cancelled out when he drove the same distance south. To make it shorter and maintain the SAME displacement, the answer would be B
