Question

If you leave school and walk 150 m Northeast to

the gas station to get a bag of Takis, then you
turn around and walk 275 m Southwest to the
corner of Gillet and W. Walnut, what is your
distance traveled? What is your displacement?

Answer 1

Distance = 425 m

Displacement = 125 m

Step-by-step explanation:

Distance = total length traveled = 150 m + 275 m = 425 m

Displacement = distance from point of origin (school) to end point (street corner) = 275 m - 150 m = 125 m

Note: You walk to the gas station, turn around and walk in a straight line back to school then another 125 m to the street corner