Displacement
Geometry
Level
1
If I start to jog from my house and I go 400 meters north, then 500 meters west, then 400 meters south and finally 500 meters east (ending at the same point where I started), what is my displacement?
The answer is 0.
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1 solution
Simple: El desplazamiento es la distancia entre el punto de referencia ( punto de inicio ) y entre el punto final. Pero como terminé exactamente en el mismo punto en que empecé, el desplazamiento seria 0.