Question

Displacement vectors of 4 km north, 2km south, 5 km north, and 5km south combine to a total displacement of A 2 km south B 16 km south C.16 km south D 2km north?

Answer 1

I would prolly say C. 16 km south.

Answer 2

Answer;

A. 2 km North

Explanation;

• Displacement is a vector quantity that describes the shortest distance or path from an initial position to the final position.
• Displacement combines both distance and direction of a motion along a straight line from the origin to the final position of a point.
• In this case; we start with; 4 km north and 2 km south; to get 2 km North from the original position, adding 5 km north, we get 7 km north, the adding 5 km south we get a total displacement of 2 km north.