Question

5. You are about to skateboard down a long hill. Your initial velocity is 2.0 m/s south. When you reach

the bottom of the hill you are travelling 6.0 m/s south. It took you 57 seconds to reach the bottom of
the hill. What was your displacement?

Answer 1

Displacement is the change in position of an object. To find displacement, we can subtract the initial position from the final position. In this case, the initial position is 0 m/s, since you start at rest, and the final position is 6.0 m/s south. So, the displacement is 6.0 m/s south.