Question

A hamster in a ball begins its journey 10 feet to the left of a refrigerator, travels 20 feet to the right of the refrigerator, and ends its journey directly in front of the refrigerator.
If negative values are assigned to positions to the left of its starting position and positive values are assigned to positions to the right of its starting position, what is the displacement of the hamster?
(1 point)
• o feet
O 5 feet
O -20 feet
• 10 feet

Answer 1

The hamster starts 10 feet to the left of the refrigerator and ends directly in front of the refrigerator, which can be considered as 0 feet to the right or to the left. Since positive values are assigned to positions to the right, the displacement of the hamster is 0 feet.

So, the correct answer is: o feet.