Displacement Practice Problems



Displacement Practice Problems

Directions: Use your notes to answer the questions below. Use complete sentences to explain your answers and show all of your work.

Equations: [pic]

1. Explain the difference between distance and displacement.

2. What is the displacement of the MPHS cross-country team if they begin at the school, run 10 miles and finish back at the school?

3. Define and explain each of the three variables in the displacement equation, [pic]. What are the standard units of displacement?

4. If a snail starts at a position of 67 cm and moves to a final position of 104 cm, what is its displacement?

5. Find the final position of a train that begins at an initial position of 34 km and that is displaced 589 km from its initial position.

6. The diagram below shows the position of a cross-country skier at various times. At each of the indicated times, the skier turns around and reverses the direction of travel. In other words, the skier moves from A to B to C to D. Use the diagram to determine the distance traveled by the skier and the resulting displacement during these three minutes.

7. A football coach paces back and forth during a football game to get the best view and to fight nervousness. The diagram below shows several of the coach’s positions at various times. At each marked position, the coach makes a "U-turn" and moves in the opposite direction. In other words, the coach moves from position A to B to C to D. What is the coach’s resulting displacement and distance of travel?

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