Question

A boy walked 22 m East then 43 m West , and then 3 meters East. What is the sum of the boys motion.

Answer 1

Answer:

It's 18m West.

Explanation:

Imagine you have a number line. your starting point was 22 east of origin. Then you went 43 meters west which leaves you at 21m west. Then you go back east 3 meters. Which leaves you at 18 m west. I hope this helps.

Answer 2

Given :

A boy walked 22 m East then 43 m West , and then 3 meters East.

To Find :

What is the sum of the boys motion.

Solution :

We need to find the sum of all the motion of boy .

So , we need to find the distance covered by the boy .

We know , total distance covered is absolute sum of all the motion .

$D=22+43+3\\\\D=68\ meters$

Therefore , total distance covered is 68 meters .

Hence , this is the required solution .