1) What distance does a car travel if it moves due north at 50km/h for 2 hours, and then due south at 50km/h for 2 hours?
2) What is the cars displacement (from the above problem)?
I'm not exactly sure what the answer for this problem is. I mean, logically I think it would be zero..but in the back of my mind i'm thinking that that is not correct..any help here?
As for the displacement, if my answer is correct, which it probably isn't..it'd be zero..but I don't know!!
2007-09-05 09:27:43 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Yes, it's total displacement is zero. 100 km north, 100 km south. Back to zero
Unless it happens to start 100 km south of the North Pole, of course
2007-09-05 09:37:28 · answer #1 · answered by dogsafire 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Distance = how far the car travelled, regardless of direction.
Displacement = the distance from the beginning position to the ending position.
2007-09-05 09:37:05 · answer #2 · answered by Mathsorcerer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bit with reference to the ramp is extra suggestions you do no longer ought to respond to the priority. So the motor vehicle is going a million.25 m/s, how long does it take to circulate a million meter? a million / a million.25 seconds = 0.8 seconds
2016-10-18 01:28:50 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋