Question

you walk from the park to your friend's house, then back to your house. (a) What is the distance traveled? (b) What is your displacement? If you walk from your house to the library, then back to your house, repeat (a) and (b).

Answer 1

Explanation:

The total distance in a path is called distance.

The shortest distance between two points is called displacement.

a) Here, the distance travelled between the park to your friend's house and back is

Distance between park to friends house + Distance from friend's house to your house.

b) Displacement would be the shortest distance between the park and your house.

a) Distance walked between your house to library and back is

Distance between your house and library + Distance between your house and library

b) Displacement would be zero (0) as the distance between you initial point and final point is zero. Here, the initial and final points are the same