Question
If you wanted to know the location of a vehicle that ran out of gas after taking a zigzag route through the city, which quantity would be most useful?(1 point)
Responses
the vehicle’s displacement
the vehicle’s displacement
the vehicle’s speed
the vehicle’s speed
the vehicle’s distance
the vehicle’s distance
the vehicle’s direction
the vehicle’s direction
Responses
the vehicle’s displacement
the vehicle’s displacement
the vehicle’s speed
the vehicle’s speed
the vehicle’s distance
the vehicle’s distance
the vehicle’s direction
the vehicle’s direction
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The most useful quantity for knowing the location of the vehicle that ran out of gas after taking a zigzag route through the city would be **the vehicle’s displacement**. Displacement provides information about the overall change in position from the starting point to the final position, regardless of the path taken.