Question
If you walk 20m, took a book from a library table, turned around, walked back to your seat. What are the distance and displacement travel by you? What are the distance and displacement traveled by the book?
Answers
drwls
You: distance 40 m displacement 0
(because you end up where you started).
Book: distance 20 displacement 20
(because you end up where you started).
Book: distance 20 displacement 20
Sabrina Carpenter
Your displacement is 0 and distance is 40