Question

A car, with an initial position of x=83.2 meters, undergo as a displacement of -153.0 meters.

What is its final position?

Answer 1

The final position is -69.8 m

Step-by-step explanation:

Recall that displacement is defined as:

`displacement=x_f-x_i`

where
`x_f` represents the final position, and
`x_i` the initial position of the object (in our case 83.2 m). Since we also know the displacement (-153 m), we can solve the equation for the final position:

`displacement=x_f-x_i\\-153=x_f-83.2\\-153+83.2=x_y\\x_f=-69.8\,\,m`