Momentum before the hit:
p = mv = 0.01 * 300 + 1 * 0
Momentum after the hit:
p = 0.01 * 150 + 1 * v
Momentum is conserved:
0.01 * 300 = 0.01 * 150 + v
3 = 1.5 + v
v = 1.5
The velocity of the block after the collision is 1.5 m/s.
The magnitude of your displacement can be equal to the distance you covered, or it can be less than the distance you covered. But it can never be greater than the distance you covered.
This is because displacement is a straight line, whereas distance can be a straight line, a squiggly line, a zig-zag line, a line with loops in it, a line with a bunch of back-and-forths in it, or any other kind of line.
The straight line is always the shortest path between two points.
They all produce light and stuff
The variable is qualitative,
the quantitative variables are those that can be specified by a numeric value.
