It takes you 9.5min to walk with an average velocity of 1m/s to the north from the bus stop to the museum entrance. What is your displacement?
Displacement is average velocity times the time required. Make sure you express the time in seconds.
9.5 min = 570 s. Multiplying that by 1 m/s will give you the displacement in meters
To calculate your displacement, we need to consider both the distance traveled and the direction. Displacement is a vector quantity that indicates the straight-line distance between the starting and ending points, along with the direction.
In this case, your average velocity is 1m/s to the north, and it took you 9.5 minutes to walk from the bus stop to the museum entrance.
To calculate the displacement, we can use the formula:
Displacement = Velocity x Time
Given that your velocity is 1m/s and the time is 9.5 minutes, we need to convert the time to seconds since velocity is given in meters per second.
Converting 9.5 minutes to seconds, we have:
9.5 minutes = 9.5 x 60 seconds = 570 seconds
Now we can plug the values into the formula:
Displacement = 1m/s x 570 seconds
The displacement is simply the product of the velocity and the time. So the result is:
Displacement = 570 meters
Therefore, your displacement from the bus stop to the museum entrance is 570 meters to the north.