Question

Ted swam 25 m east in a lake and then turned and swam 75 m west. His displacement was 50 m west. What distance did he swim?
a. 75m
b. 50 m
c. 25m
d. 100m

Answer 1

he swam 25 meters then swam another 75 meters for a total of 100 meters "d."

Answer 2

Answer:

100m

Explanation:

The distance talks about how far ted has swam. Distance doesn't specify direction like displacement.

The total distance covered by ted will be addition of the dist covered due east and distance covered due west i.e 25m + 75m = 100m

Therefore he swam a distance of 100m