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If I walk 15 minutes miles north and then 20 miles South:

What’s my distance?

What’s my displacement ?

User Dave Paul
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Actually Welcome to the Concept of the Kinematics.

1.) Distance travelled = 15+20 = 35 miles.

Ai the total distance covered is 35 miles.

2.) Displacement is the shortest distance from the initial point to the final point.

here it's ==> 20-15 = 5 miles

hence, displacement = 5 miles

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