Relative to a lamp post taken as origin on a straight road

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

Problem

Relative to a lamp post taken as origin on a straight road, a car starts from position x=−20 mx=-20\,m and stops at x=+60 mx=+60\,m. A new origin O' is chosen at the point x=+10 mx=+10\,m on the same road. (i) Find the initial position of the car with respect to the new origin O'. (ii) Find the final position of the car with respect to the new origin O'. (iii) Calculate the displacement of the car for the journey when measured with respect to the new origin.

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