Question

A truck moves 60 kilometers east from point A to point B. At point B, It turns back west and stops 15 kllometers away from point A. What are the
total distance and total displacement of the truck?

Answer 1

Answer:

a).  The truck's distance covered for the trip is

                      (60) + (60 - 15)  =  105 kilometers .

b).  Its displacement for the whole trip is the distance

and direction from the start-point to the end-point.

                         15 kilometers east .

Explanation: