Distance and Displacement 7

A person walks 8 meters north and then 6 meters east. What is their displacement?

• 14 meters

• 10 meters northeast

• 8 meters north

• 6 meters east

Distance can be negative.

• True

• False

A runner completes two full laps on a 200-meter track. What is their displacement?

• 200 meters

• 400 meters

• 0 meters

• 600 meters

A person walks 10 meters east, then 5 meters west. What is their displacement?

• 5 meters east

• 15 meters

• 10 meters east

• 5 meters west

You walk 15 meters in a straight line, then turn around and walk 5 meters back. What is your displacement?

• 20 meters

• 10 meters

• 5 meters

• 15 meters

A person walking 100 meters in a straight line and returning to the starting point has a displacement of 100 meters.

• True

• False

Lucinda walked 400 m west from her house to the school. She then turned and walked 400 m east back to her house. Solve the distance and displacement.

• Distance: 600 m, Displacement: 200 m
• Distance: 400 m, Displacement: 400 m
• Distance: 800 m, Displacement: 0 m
• Distance: 800 m, Displacement: 400 m

Lucinda walked 750 m east from her house to the market. She then walked 1500 m west to her grandmother's house. Solve the distance and displacement.

• Distance: 1500 m, Displacement: 750 m east
• Distance: 3000 m, Displacement: 1500 m west
• Distance: 2250 m, Displacement: 750 m west
• Distance: 2250 m, Displacement: 1500 m east

Lucinda walked 300 m east to the street corner. She then walked another 600 m east to the park. Solve the distance and displacement.

• Distance: 900 m, Displacement: 900 m east
• Distance: 900 m, Displacement: 300 m east
• Distance: 600 m, Displacement: 300 m east
• 900 m, Displacement: 600 m east

Lucinda walked 750 m east from her house to the market. She then walked 1500 m west to her grandmother's house. She then walked 750 m east back to her house. Solve the distance and displacement.

• 2500 m, 750 m
• 3000 m, 1500 m
• Distance: 3000 m, Displacement: 0 m
• 1500 m, 750 m