Question

While brayden is traveling along a straight interstate highway, he notices that the mile marker reads 260. Brayden travels until he reaches the 150-mile market and then retraces his path to the 175-mile marker. What is braydens displacement from the 260- mile marker

Answer 1

Braydens displacement from the 260 mile marker is 85 miles.

Step-by-step explanation:

Displacement is a path independent variable. This means that measure of displacement only depends on the final and initial position of any object. So in this case, the initial position of Brayden is given as 260 mile marker and then the final position of Brayden is given as 175 mile marker. So the distance Brayden covered to reach 150 mile marker and return back to 175 mile marker had been ignored in the measure of displacement from 260 mile marker. Thus, the displacement of Brayden from 260 mile marker to reach 175 mile marker is 260-175 = 85 miles.

Thus, the displacement is 85 miles.