Question

A student wanted to travel from the infinite Energy Center in Duluth The Boltery in When they plugged the information into their navigation app it indicated that the Battery was away (see A). However when they tried to choose a route to take the trip was between and 32.8 miles (see image B) In a short paragraph describe why the student gets different information regarding how it to their destination if they are starting and ending at the same positionIn your answer, be sure to identify which image represents the distance the student would travel and which represents their displacement.

Answer 1

chosenDisplacement:

Displacement is the shortest path traveled by an object or body.

Distance:

Distance is the actual path traveled by an object or a body

In the last problem, Image A represents their displacements and image B represents their distance.

Image A represents the shortest distance between the initial and final locations, so it is the least of the three.

In Image B, the two different routes are taken which is changing the distance between the location because distance depends upon the path choosen