Question

A student starts at the origin and ends up at a position 500 meters north of the origin. She knows she walked 250 meters straight west, but then she was blindfolded and led to the final position. Assume she walked a straight path for the hidden leg of the trip. What displacement vector did she move?

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

Displacement of the student will be gotten using pyhagoras theorem. Displacement is the distance covered in a specified direction.

D² = 500² + 250²

D = √500² + 250²

D = √250,000 + 62500

D = √312,500

D = 559.02metres

Hence the displacement vector of the girl is 559.02m