Question

A radio controlled car rolls 10 m south, then reverses direction and rolls 8 m north. the care has traveled a distance of 18 m and has a displacement of ___ m south

Answer 1

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A radio controlled car rolls 10 m south, then reverses direction and rolls 8 m north.

The car has traveled a distance of 18 m and has a displacement of 2 m south

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Answer 2

The displacement of 2 m south.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that,

A radio controlled car rolls 10 m south, then reverses direction and rolls 8 m north.

The car has traveled a distance of 18 m.

The displacement is the distance between the initial posit to final position.

The displacement will be

D= final position -initial position

D = +8-10

D = -2 m

Hence, The displacement of 2 m south.