A car is initially at position on a straight road measured from an origin at a school gate

PHYSICS · Multi-part · AP · Physics 1: Algebra-based · Kinematics · Kinematics

Problem

A car is initially at position +15 m+15\,\text{m} on a straight road measured from an origin at a school gate. It then moves 40 m40\,\text{m} toward the east and later 0.05 km0.05\,\text{km} toward the west. (i) Calculate the total distance covered by the car. (ii) Determine its final displacement from the origin, stating the sign.

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