After a girl delivering newspapers travels three blocks west, four blocks north, and then six blocks east, her total displacement is 5 blocks. While the total distance covered is 13 blocks.
A displacement is a vector in geometry and mechanics whose length is the smallest distance between the beginning and final positions of a moving point P.
If an item moves relative to a reference frame, such as a lecturer moving to the right of a whiteboard or a passenger moving toward the back of an airliner, the object's location changes. This shift in location is referred to as displacement.
Displacement (change in position) = Last position – initial position
To Calculate displacement, let displacement be (d)
d = -3i + 4j + 6i (-i because she turned west, +i because she turned east)
d = 3i + 4j
d = √(3² + 4²)
d = √(9 + 16)
d = √25
d = 5 blocks.
Total distance (Td_ = Sum of all the blocks traveled.
Td = 3 + 4 + 6
Td = 13 blocks.
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