a radio controlled car rolls 10 m south then reverses direction and rolls 8 m north the car traveled a distance of 18 m and has
1 answer:
The displacement is 2 m south
Explanation:
Distance and displacement are two different quantities:
- Distance is the total length of the path covered by an object during its motion, regardless of the direction. It is a scalar quantity
- Displacement is a vector connecting the initial position to the final position of motion of an object. The magnitude of the displacement is the distance in a straight line between the two points
For the car in this problem, the motion is:
10 m south
8 m north
Taking north as positive direction, we can describe the two parts of the motion as
m
Therefore, the final position of the car with respect to the original position is
which means 2 m south: so, the displacement of the car is 2 m south.
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