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How does the displacement of an object be zero while the distance it traveled was 150 miles?
"Displacement" means the difference between the starting point and the end point.
If you travel 75 miles to visit your grandmother, and then drive 75 miles back home,
you drive the car a distance of 150 miles, but the difference between your starting
point and end point is zero ... you ended right where you started from.
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Explain how the displacement of an object could be zero while the distance traveled was 150 miles?
Displacement is only the distance from the starting point. As long as you return to where you started, then you can travel 1.0 x 10^999999999999 miles and still have a displacement of zero.
A radio controlled car rolls 10 miles south then reverses direction and rolls 8 miles north The car has traveled a distance of 18 miles and has a displacement of miles south?
The car has traveled a total distance of 18 miles (10 miles south + 8 miles north), but its displacement is 2 miles south. Displacement is the shortest distance between the starting and ending points, regardless of the actual path taken.
A body is moving along a circular path of radius 'R' What is the distance and displacement of the body?
The distance is how far the object travels in total, the displacement is how far the object is from its starting position as the crow flys. e.g. if you leave your house and walk 5 miles to the shop and then 5 miles back home again. your distance traveled will be 10 miles but your displacement will be 0.
Can displacement be more than distance?
No. Distance can be greater than displacement, but not less. The magnitude of the displacement between two points is also the minimum possible distance of a path between the same points.However, the displacement can be zero if the distance is not if the object's starting point and ending point are the same.
A person walks 3 miles north, turns and walks 2 miles east. Calculate the persons distance traveled and their displacement?
Well, honey, the person traveled a total distance of 5 miles. Their displacement, on the other hand, is the shortest distance from their starting point to their end point, which you can calculate using the Pythagorean theorem. So grab your calculator and get to work, darling!
Is it possible that displasment is zero but not the distance?
Yes. If you end up where you started, your displacement is zero, but the distance you travel is the actual amount of ground covered. For example, if you made a round trip of 50 miles, your displacement would be zero miles, but your distance would be 50 miles. This is because the final position and the initial position are the same. Round trips always have a displacement of zero.
If you ride your bike around the block returning to the exact point where you started what is your displacement?
Well, if you traveled a distance of, lets say, one million miles, then your displacement would be zero. That is the difference between distance and displacement. Distance is the total area of which you have moved, commonly expressed by using miles or kilometers. While displacement is the DISTANCE between your starting point and end point.
What is the distance travelled by an object over a certain period of time?
There are two pieces of data that need to be recorded. The distance and the time it takes to complete the known distance, gives you the speed. For an example, your car travels at a steady 60 miles, in one hour you would expect to have travelled 60 miles.
What was the distance ben traveled?
Ben traveled a distance of 110 miles.
How does distance differ displacement?
Distance is the total length travelled where as displacement is the length between where you started and where you are now. example.. If you travel in a circular path, around the whole circle and wind up back where you started. Your displacement will be zero but your distance travelled will be the circumference of the circle.
For any given motion displacement is?
Displacement is a word that describes how much distance an object travels through in a given amount of time. If a person drives a car at 50 miles an hour for one hour, the displacement will be 50 miles.
If you know the distance an object has traveled in a certain amount of time what can you determine?
You can determine the rate of motion. For example mph (miles per hour) is found by multiplying miles traveled by the time (hours) in motion.this formula isRate * Time = Distance
