Question

A kid walks 500 m North and then 300 m south.

a. What is the distance of his walk?

b. What is the displacement of his walk?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

for the walking distance it did not matter in what direction the kid walked.

a. the distance of the walk is 500 + 300 = 800 m

b. the kid ended up 500-300=200 m north of the original point.