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Physics Worksheet #1: Distance and Displacement
1. Komal walks to the shop and then to school, what is his distance and
displacement?

2. An object moves from A to D along the red path as shown below.

a) Find the total distance covered by the object
b) Find the displacement of the object

3. An object moves along the grid through the points A, B, C, D, E, and F as

shown below.
a) Find the distance covered by the moving object.
b) Find the magnitude of the displacement of the object.

4. You stand at the front door of your house (displacement, x =0m). The
street is 10 m away from the front door. You walk to the street and back
again.
What is the distance you have walked?
What is your final displacement?