Answer to Question #185702 in Physics for trishia mae ariola

Question

A gardener walks in a flower garden as illustrated in the figure below. a.)What distance does the gardener travel? b.)What is the gardener’s displacement?

Answer 1

a) To measure the distance, use the ruler and measure the distance in every direction the gardener walks. For instance, if the gardener walks right, measure the distance from left to right, if the gardener then walks up, measure the vertical distance, and so on. Then just add what you have measured.

b) To measure the displacement, with a ruler measure the distance between the initial and final position.