Using your knowledge of position, distance, and displacement, provide the correct answers to the following questions. Make sure to completely answer each question and to show all of your work. 1. Alice climbs 100 meters directly up the face of a cliff to reach the summit. Her friend Peter hikes the long way around taking a 3 km trail to meet her at the top of the cliff. Compare the distance and displacement of the two friends. 2. Two children play a game of catch, running back and forth to catch each throw from the other. The ball makes the following motions: 5 meters right, 8 meters left, 3

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Using your knowledge of position, distance, and displacement, provide the correct answers to the following questions. Make sure to completely answer each question and to show all of your work. 1.	Alice climbs 100 meters directly up the face of a cliff to reach the summit. Her friend Peter hikes the long way around taking a 3 km trail to meet her at the top of the cliff. Compare the distance and displacement of the two friends.   2.	Two children play a game of catch, running back and forth to catch each throw from the other. The ball makes the following motions: 5 meters right, 8 meters left, 3

anonymous · Answer

1. distance of Alice < distance of Peter, but displacement is the same 100m.
2.the question isn't complete to answer so lets delete the last number 3
distance is 5+8= 13 :P
displacement 8-5=3.