Question

A NASA team oversees a space shuttle launch at Cape Canaveral in Florida and then travels to Edwards Air Force Base in California to supervise the landing. Which group of people, the astronauts or the NASA team, has the greater displacement? The astronauts have the greater displacement. The NASA team has the greater displacement. There is not enough information to answer the question. Both groups have the same displacement.

Answer 1

Displacement measures the total straight-line distance traveled between the starting and ending points, regardless of the actual path taken.

The astronauts traveled a much greater straight-line distance from Florida to California via space than the NASA team did by land.

So the astronauts have the greater displacement in this scenario. The answer is: The astronauts have the greater displacement.

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