Distance and Displacement I

Bran walks 4 meters east, then walks 2 meters north. Determine the distance and displacement

• Distance is 6 m and Displacement is 6 m

• Distance is 2 m and displacement is 6 m

• Distance is 6 m and displacement is 4.5 m North of East

• Distance is 6 m and displacement is 2 m North of East

A car travels along a straight road 100 m east then 50 west. Find the distance and displacement of the car.

• Distance is 150 m and displacement is 50 m east

• Distance is 150 m and displacement is 50 m west

• Distance is 50 m and displacement is 150 east

• Distance is 150 m and displacement is 200 m

Car’s speedometer reads 10,500 km at the start of a trip and 10,700 km at the end. Determine distance and displacement

• Distance is 21,200 km and displacement is 200 km

• Distance is 200 km and displacement is 200 km East

• Distance is 200 km and displacement is 200 km

• Distance is 21,200 km and displacement is 21,200 km

Matthew ran along a right triangle from point A to B to C.  Line AB is 3m and line BC is 6m and CA is 5m.

How much distance was traveled?

Suppose point A is the initial position of Matthew, what is the displacement?

• Distance is 14 m and displacement is 5.8 m

• Distance is 14 m and displacement is 5 m

• Distance is 14 m and displacement is 0

• Distance is 14 m and displacement is 14 m

An athlete covers 3 rounds on a circular track of a radius 50m. Calculate the total distance and displacement traveled by him.

(Format in answering: total distance is --m and displacement is --m
ex.: total distance is 100m and displacement is 50m

Answer explanation

Displacement is the straight-line distance from the starting point to the final point. Since the athlete returns to the starting point after completing 3 full rounds, the displacement is zero.

Find the distance and displacement of the figure shown.

• Distance of 17m and Displacement of 0

• Distance of 17m and displacement of 8.5m

• Distance of 3m and displacement of 17m north of west

• Distance of 17m and displacement of 3.6, north of west

Answer explanation

  If the initial point to the first station is 300 m southward and then the object goes 200 m northward as the final point traveled in a straight-line, what is the distance and displacement?

• Distance is 100m and displacement is 0

• Distance is 500m and displacement is 500m

• Distance is 100m and displacement is 100m north

• Distance is 500m and displacement is 100m south

Suppose an object is moving with a uniform speed in a circle with a radius of 10 m. Calculate the distance if the moving object traveled one rotation.

• 10 m

• 63 m

• 30m

• 84 m

• 30 m

• 41.8 m

• 6.7 m

• 10m

Answer explanation

• 14m

• 40m

• 6.7 m

• 21m

Answer explanation