A car drives 60 km north and then 20 km south on a straight highway

PHYSICS · Subjective · CBSE · Physics · Motion · Motion

Problem

A car drives 60 km north and then 20 km south on a straight highway. Calculate the ratio of the total distance traveled to the magnitude of the car’s displacement.

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