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OpenStudy (anonymous):

A car travels 20 Km north. It then turns around and travels 30 Km south. what is the car's displacement?

OpenStudy (michele_laino):

hint: |dw:1432577200512:dw|

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the displacement would be a subtractive factor in all cases whenever you are looking for displacement. whereas distance is how much ground is covered before coming to a stop displacement is rather easy as it is asking how far is the distance between where it started and where it stopped.

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