Question

Meg walks 2 m from her desk to the teacher's desk. From the teacher's desk, she then walks 4 m in the opposite direction to the classroom door. Which table correctly represents both the distance and displacement of Meg's motion?

Answer 1

Answer:

Distance: 6 m

Displacement: 2 meter to the left

Explanation:

In the picture attached, a representation of the problem is shown.

The distance traveled by Meg is the addition of the first 2 meters from her desk to the teacher's desk and the 4 meters from the teachers desk to the classroom door. That makes a total of 2 m + 4 m  = 6 meters.

The displacement made by Meg, taking her desk as a reference, is 2 meters to the left because that is the distance between her desk and the classroom door (see the picture).

Answer 2

Among the tables you provided, there is no correct one.
Meg's distance is 6 m, and her displacement is 2 m in the direction away from the door.