Question

A golfer putts on the eighteenth green at a distance of 6.0 m from the hole. The ball rolls straight, in the positive direction, but overshoots the hole by 1.0 m . The golfer then putts back to the hole and sinks the putt for par. a) What is the distance travelled by the ball? b) What is the displacement of the ball?

Answer 1

Answer:

• travel: 8 m
• displacement: 6 m

Step-by-step explanation:

a) On the first putt, the ball travels 6 m to the hole and 1 m beyond, for a total of 7 m. On the second putt, the ball travels an additional 1 m to the hole, for a total travel distance of 8 m.

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b) The ball finishes this scenario 6 m from where it started, for a displacement of 6 m (in the positive direction).