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30 June, 11:33

John walks to school in the morning then walks home for lunch. The school is 250 meters directly north of his house. After lunch, he goes back to school and then to a friend's house that is 550 meters south of the school. What is John's resultant displacement when he remains at his friend's house?

300 meters south

800 meters south

300 meters north

800 meters north

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  1. 30 June, 12:51
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    300 meters south

    Explanation:

    Displacement is a vector that connects the initial position with the final position of the motion.

    In order to find the net displacement, we must add the distance covered in each part of the motion, considering the proper sign. We take the following convention:

    North - -> +

    South - -> -

    So, John made the following trips:

    Home - -> school: 250 m north = + 250

    School - -> home: 250 m south = - 250

    Home - -> school: 250 m north = + 250 m

    School - -> friend's house: 550 m south = - 550 m

    So, the net displacement is

    d = + 250 - 250 + 250 - 550 = - 300

    So, 300 m south.
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