A hampster in a ball begins its journey 10 ft to the left of a refrigerator travels 20tt to the right of the refrigerator and ends its journey directly in the front of the refrigerator. If negative values are assigned to positions to the left of its starting position and positive values are assigned to positions to the right of it’s starting position what is the displacement of the hampster
The displacement of the hamster can be calculated by finding the difference between its final position and its initial position.
Initial position: -10 ft (to the left of the refrigerator)
Final position: 20 ft (to the right of the refrigerator)
Displacement = Final position - Initial position
= 20 ft - (-10 ft)
= 20 ft + 10 ft
= 30 ft
Therefore, the displacement of the hamster is 30 ft.
To calculate the displacement of the hamster, we need to find the net change in position from the starting point to the ending point.
Given:
Starting position = -10 ft
Travelled 20 ft to the right of the refrigerator
Ending position = directly in front of the refrigerator
First, let's calculate the starting position relative to the refrigerator's position:
Starting position = -10 ft
Next, let's calculate the ending position relative to the refrigerator's position:
Ending position = 0 ft
To find the displacement, we can take the difference between the ending position and the starting position:
Displacement = Ending position - Starting position
Displacement = 0 ft - (-10 ft)
Displacement = 0 ft + 10 ft
Displacement = 10 ft
Therefore, the displacement of the hamster is 10 ft to the right.
To find the displacement of the hamster, we need to calculate the net change in its position. Since negative values are assigned to positions on the left and positive values to positions on the right, we can treat these positions as numbers on a number line.
The hamster starts 10 ft to the left of the refrigerator, which we can represent as -10 ft. It then travels 20 ft to the right of the refrigerator, which we can represent as +20 ft.
To find the displacement, we add the initial position to the net change in position: -10 ft + 20 ft = +10 ft.
Therefore, the displacement of the hamster is +10 ft, indicating that it ended up 10 ft to the right of its starting position.