A student on her way to school walks eastward in a straight line 30.0 meters towards the bus stop, but realizes she dropped her physics notebook along the way and turns around to retrace her steps. She had traveled back 17.0 meters before finding it and then runs the remaining 46.0 meters due east to the bus stop.
(a) What is her total displacement?
m
(b) What is her total distance traveled?
m

Question

A student on her way to school walks eastward in a straight line 30.0 meters towards the bus stop, but realizes she dropped her physics notebook along the way and turns around to retrace her steps. She had traveled back 17.0 meters before finding it and then runs the remaining 46.0 meters due east to the bus stop. 
(a) What is her total displacement?
  m 
(b) What is her total distance traveled?
  m

shane_b · Answer

Do you know the difference between displacement and distance?

anonymous · Answer

yes and the distance was 93 that part was easy

shane_b · Answer

Yes...so what's the displacement then?

anonymous · Answer

just subtract initial and final to find displacment?

shane_b · Answer

30-17+46=?

anonymous · Answer

yep u right

anonymous · Answer

one more till webassin done

shane_b · Answer

ok