Physics

Physics

Problem

A person walks 600 m600\,\text{m} due east and then 400 m400\,\text{m} due west along a straight road in 5 min5\,\text{min}. a. Calculate the total distance travelled. b. Calculate the displacement from the starting point, taking east as the positive direction. c. For each result obtained in (i) and (ii), state whether the quantity is a scalar or a vector.

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