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In a swimming meet, the swimmers swim a total of 8 laps of a 50-meter-long swimming pool. What is the distance traveled by a swimmer in this meet? What is swimmer's displacement?

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It is given that, swimmers swim a total of 8 laps of a 50-meter-long swimming pool. We need to find the distance traveled by a swimmer in this meet.

Distance = total path covered during entire journey

In every lap he covers a distance of 50 m. It means in 8 laps it will cover 8×50 = 400 meters.

Displacement = shortest path covered

After 8 laps, the swimmer ultimately comes to the starting point. It means its displacement is equal to 0.

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