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How to solve for displacement? ?
How would you solve displacement for: If a person leaves their house and walks 102 m north, then turns and walks 78.0 m west, what is the (a) distance traveled and (b) total displacement? I don't get it.
1 Answer
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Easy.
Draw a right triangle.
On the Y axis (Or the side pointing vertically) write 102m
On the X axis (The horizontal one) write 78.0m.
Then use trig to solve for the hypotenuse or the resultant. You could actually use pythagorams for this. A^2+B^2=C^2
(102^2)+(78^2)=C^2