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PLEASE HELP ME!!!1

Differentiate between the distance and displacement for an object that started at point A and traveled as shown to point B.


Distance: _____ units and Displace: _____ units to the left.

PLEASE HELP ME!!!1 Differentiate between the distance and displacement for an object-example-1

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"Distance" here is the total distance traveled along the red path (see attached) from point A to point B. Just count how many how sides of each square in the grid are touched by the path. Then distance = 24 units.

"Displacement" is the net distance covered by moving from point A to point B, or the length of the green path. So displacement = 2 units to the right. Of course, your question seems to ask for the displacement in terms of units to the left, in which you could say -2 units to the left.

PLEASE HELP ME!!!1 Differentiate between the distance and displacement for an object-example-1
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