If a person travels 40m due east, turns and travels 30m due west, what is the distance traveled?
Distance (scalar) = 40+30 = 70 m
Displacement (vector) = final position - initial position = 10 m due aast
To find the total distance traveled, you need to add up the distances traveled in each direction.
First, the person travels 40m due east.
Then, the person turns and travels 30m due west.
To find the total distance traveled, you can subtract the distance traveled in the opposite direction (west) from the distance traveled in the original direction (east).
So, the total distance traveled is 40m - 30m = 10 meters.
To find the distance traveled, we need to calculate the total displacement, which is the net straight-line distance between the starting and ending points.
In this case, the person travels 40m due east and then 30m due west. Since east and west are opposite directions, we can find the displacement by subtracting the distance traveled west from the distance traveled east.
Displacement = 40m - 30m
Displacement = 10m
Therefore, the person's total displacement is 10 meters.
Note: Displacement measures only the straight-line distance between the starting and ending points, regardless of the path taken. It does not take into account any directional changes or other factors, such as actual distance traveled.