Question

A baseball player runs 27.4 meters from the

Answer 1

Answer:

(2) 6.0 m shorte.

Explanation:

Total distance = Distance from batter’s base to first base + Distance covered in overrunning + Distance covered in returning to first base  

Total Distance = 27.4 + 3 + 3 = 33.4 m

Total displacement = Displacement from batter’s base to first base + Displacement covered in overrunning + Displacement covered in to returning first base  

The 2nd and 3rd term will have same magnitude but opposite direction so, they will cancel out each other. Hence,  

Total Displacement = 27.4 m  

Hence, displacement will be 6.0 m shorter than distance.

Answer 2

The answer would be 4, 6.0m longer. This is because the batter overran the base by 3 meters and had to walk 3 meters back to the base. So he would have run 6 meters more than he would have needed to to reach the base.