Question

A school bus leaves school to drop students off at their homes. It travels in a loop that heads 2 miles west, then 1 mile north, then 2 miles east, then 1 mile south before arriving right back where it started (at school). What is the total distance the bus traveled and what is its displacement?

Answer 1

Answer:

$6\ \text{miles}$

0

Explanation:

The distance traveled in the loop is $2+1+2+1=6\ \text{miles}$.

The journey starts and ends at the same point. Displacement is the shortest distance between the starting and ending of a journey.

Here, the bus leaves and arrives at the same point after the completion of the journey so, the displacement of the bus is $0\ \text{mile}$.