Question

A crab is walking along the shoreline. He came out of the water at a position of -6m (left) to Ms. M sitting on the beach looking out over the water (reference position). He travels towards Ms. M (to the right) to a position of +4m. He then travels back to the left to a position of -2m where he reenters the water. 1. What distance did the crab travel? 2. What is the crab's displacement?

Is the distance 16m and the displacement is -4m?

Answer 1

the distance is 16m and the displacement would be 4m