A cyclist travels due north and then due south

PHYSICS · Multi-part · CBSE · Physics · Motion · Motion

Problem

A cyclist travels 500 m500\,\text{m} due north and then 300 m300\,\text{m} due south. Answer the following: (i) What is the total distance travelled? (ii) What is the magnitude of the cyclist’s displacement? (iii) Which of the two quantities, distance or displacement, is a vector? State one reason.

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