Question

Susie walks 3 blocks north to the local CVS store, then 4 blocks east to her grandmother’s house. She then walks 2 blocks west and 2 blocks north to Target. She then walks two blocks west and 1 block south to the pizzeria to pick up a couple of pizzas, then takes it to her friend’s house a block south of the pizzeria. What is Susie’s total displacement.?

Answer 1

Answer:

Suzie is 3 blocks north of where she started

Explanation:

Displacement is the minimum distance between the initial and final point of motion.

Here, Suzie first walks 3 blocks north. From there she walks 4 blocks east. Then 2 blocks to the east then 2 blocks north and then 2 blocks east. She covered 4 blocks east toward west. This is the same distance she covered traveling east. But she is 2 blocks north. From there she traveled a block south to the pizzeria and another block to her friends house. She covered the two block she had traveled north.

Hence, Suzie is 3 blocks north of where she started.