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Explanation:
This is going to sound like an absurd answer, but sometimes physics can be a little strange.
This answer is weird because of the definition of displacement. It means the distance from the starting point to the ending point, disregarding what happened in between. The point is that the astronaut is at the starting point of his orbit. By definition the starting and ending points are the same. His displacement is 0.
So the answer is you have the greater displacement when you walked one way to school. The starting point and the ending point are different. You have gone further.
However just to make things a little nasty, when you walk home again, your displacement will be the same as the astronaut's -- 0 meters because you will be right back where you started from.
You that just traveled from home to school has greater displacement than the astronaut.
Displacement is defined as the change in the position of an object.
An astronaut who completed an orbit of the earth, has moved from an initial position x₁ and returned to the same position x₁ because Earth is assumed to be spherical. To complete an orbit of the Earth, the astronaut must return to his initial position since he will move round the Earth.
The displacement of the astronaut is zero because x₁ - x₁ = 0
For you that have just traveled from home to school, BUT haven't returned, your displacement is greater,.
Let's say the distance from your home to school = y
Your initial position at your home = 0
your displacement = y - 0 = y
Thus, you that just traveled from home to school has greater displacement than the astronaut.
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