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DISTANCE AND DISPLACEMENT
1. Wendy runs 200 m east on a straight road and then
turns west and runs 100 m back. What would be the
distance she traveled and her displacement?
A. Distance = 100 m east, displacement = 300 m
B. Distance = 300 m, displacement = 100 m west
C. Distance = 300 m, displacement = 100 m east
D. Distance = 100 m west, displacement = 300 m
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. 2 blocks east
B. 2 blocks west
C. 8 blocks
D. 0
3. A girl leaves a physics classroom and walks 10. meters
north to a drinking fountain. Then she turns and
walks 30. meters south to an art classroom. What is
the girl's total displacement from the physics
classroom to the art classroom?
A. 20. m south
B. 20. m north
C. 40. m north
D. 40. m south
4. A student walks 1.0 kilometer due east and 1.0
kilometer due south. Then she runs 2.0 kilometers
due west. The magnitude of the student' s resultant
displacement is closestto
A. 3.4 km
B. 1.4 km
C. 4.0 km
D. 0 km
5. A boy walks 4 km east and then turns around and
walks 1.5 km west. if east is taken as the positive
direction and the west as the negative direction on a
number line then what is the distance the boy
covers and his displacement?
A. distance = -5.5 km, displacement = 0 km
B. distance = 2.5 km, displacement = 2.5 km
C. distance = 0 km, displacement = 2.5 km
D. distance = 5.5 km, displacement = 2.5 km
6. A bus goes 500km east from town A to town B in the
morning and comes back halfway in the evening
travelling west. What is the distance and
displacement of the bus?
A. Distance = 750 km , Displacement = 500 km west
B. Distance = 750 km , Displacement = 250 km west
C. Distance = 750 km , Displacement = 250 km east
D. Distance = 750 km , Displacement = 500 km east
7. Damien runs around an oval track. At the end of 4
laps what will be his distance and displacement?
A. distance = 0, displacement = 4 X length of the
track
B. distance = 4 X length of the track , displacement
=0
C. distance = 0, displacement = 0
D. distance = 4 X length of the track, displacement
= 4 X length of the track
E.
8. A car does 100 laps on circular track of length 10 km.
The distance and displacement of the car are:
A. distance = displacement = 1000 km
B. distance = 10 km, displacement = 0
C. distance = 1000 km, displacement = 0
D. distance = 1000km, displacement = 10 km
9. Look at the picture given below. An object moves
from point A through B, C, D, E and stops at point F.
 a) Find  final displacement.
b) Find distance taken from point A to D.