A student jogs around a rectangular park and returns to the starting gate after 10 minutes
PHYSICS · Multi-part · A Level · Physics · Mechanics and materials · Mechanics and materials
Problem
A student jogs around a rectangular park and returns to the starting gate after 10 minutes. The motion is used to illustrate the ideas of distance, displacement, average speed and average velocity.
(i) Define distance and displacement.
(ii) Using the given situation, explain why the student’s average speed is non-zero while the average velocity is zero.