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Displacement
1. If a woman runs 100 meters north and then 70 meters
south, her total displacement will be
A) 30 m north
B) 30 m south
C) 170 m north
D) 170 m south
2. What is the total displacement of a student who walks
3 blocks east, 2 blocks north, 1 block west, and then 2
blocks south?
A) 0
B) 2 blocks east
C) 2 blocks west
D) 8 blocks
3. A softball player leaves the batter's box, overruns first
base by 3.0 meters, and then returns to first base.
Compared to the total distance traveled by the player,
the magnitude of the player's total displacement from
the batter's box is
A) smaller
B) larger
C) the same
4. A car is driven from Buffalo to Albany and on to New
York City, as shown in the diagram below.
Compared to the magnitude of the car's total
displacement, the distance driven is
A) shorter
B) longer
C) the same
5. Base your answer to the following question on the graph below, which represents the relationship
between the displacement of an object and its time of travel along a straight line.
What is the magnitude of the object's total displacement after 8.0 seconds?
A) 0 m
B) 2 m
C) 8 m
6. The map below shows the route traveled by a school
bus.
What is the magnitude of the total displacement of the
school bus from the start to the end of its trip?
A) 400 m
B) 500 m
C) 800 m
D) 1,800 m
D) 16 m
Base your answers to questions 7 and 8 on the information and vector diagram below.
A dog walks 8.0 meters due north and then 6.0 meters due east.
7. Determine the magnitude of the dog's total displacement.
8. On the diagram above, construct the resultant vector that represents the dog's total displacement.
9. As shown in the diagram below, a painter climbs 7.3
meters up a vertical scaffold A to B and then walks
11.0 meters from B to C along a level platform
The magnitude of the painter's total displacement
while moving from A to C is
A) 3.7 m
B) 13.2 m
C) 18.3 m
D) 25.6 m
10. A person walks 150. meters due east and then walks
30. meters due west. The entire trip takes the person
10. minutes. Determine the magnitude and the
direction of the person’s total displacement.