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A car travels along a straight road 75m east, then 100m west. Find the distance and displacement of the car

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Answer:

Distance is the total path length.

Displacement is the shortest path between the initial and final points.

Now, you said it travels 100 m east and then 25 m west so

DISTANCE=100+25 =125 m

and

DISPLACEMENT =100(east)m - 25m(west) =75m in east

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