Physics

Physics

Problem

Rohan starts from a lamp-post taken as the origin and walks along a straight road as follows: • 120 m120\,\text{m} due east • 80 m80\,\text{m} due east again • 50 m50\,\text{m} due west Answer the following questions. (i) Calculate Rohan’s total distance travelled. (ii) Calculate his final displacement from the lamp-post, stating the sign of your answer clearly. (iii) Which of the two numerical values obtained in (i) and (ii) is larger? State a brief reason in one or two sentences.

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