A person walks due east and then due west along a straight road in .
PHYSICS · Multi-part · A Level · Physics · Mechanics and materials · Mechanics and materials
Problem
A person walks 600m due east and then 400m due west along a straight road in 5min.
(a) Calculate the total distance travelled.
(b) Calculate the displacement from the starting point, taking east as the positive direction.
(c) For each result obtained in (i) and (ii), state whether the quantity is a scalar or a vector.