SOLUTION: A man travels from a town A to another B through a winding road,covering a distance of 300km,if the shortest distance between A and B is 240km.Represented by a straight line AB,wha
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Question 997239: A man travels from a town A to another B through a winding road,covering a distance of 300km,if the shortest distance between A and B is 240km.Represented by a straight line AB,what will be his displacement in the direction of the line AB Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! displacement is the change in position.
his change in position is from A to B in a straight line.
his displacement will be 240 km.
displacement also has direction although that's not shown in this example.
here's a nice short video that shows you the difference. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8hJhTE3bUk
there's lots more videos and explanations on the web.
just do a search for "distance versus displacement" and they'll pop up.
