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If your neighbor leaves his house, walks 2 miles south, then turns around and walks home, what is his displacement?
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If your neighbor leaves his house, walks 2 miles south, then turns around and walks home, what is his displacement?

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0 because displacement is a state function!!!

This means that it is where he started vs. where he ended up, it doesn’t matter the steps in between!!
User Randhi Rupesh
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Answer:

0

Step-by-step explanation:

The neighbors displacement is 0 as displacement is how far the person is from their starting location. If they walk 2 miles away and then head back those 2 miles back to their house; 2-2=0

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