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What is the displacement of a hiker who walks along the path shown from Start to Finish and back again?

12 km
0 km
24 km southeast
44 km southeast

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What is the displacement of a hiker who walks along the path shown from Start to Finish and back again?  

12 km
0 km
24 km southeast
44 km southeast

anonymous · Answer

o km.. displacement is the difference between start position and finish position...

anonymous · Answer

ok so would it be 44km?

anonymous · Answer

no, the hiker walks from start to finish.. which would be 44km but that he/she walks back again and ends up at the same position he/she started... so 0km

anonymous · Answer

oh that makes sense! they have no displacement because they are right where they started!!!

anonymous · Answer

exactly, it's a trick question ;-)

anonymous · Answer

:)