Question

what is the displacement of a person who leaves her porch to walk 1 mile and then returns in 30 minutes?

Answer 1

The answer It's 0. Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Answer : The displacement of a person is, zero

Explanation :

Let a person covers a distance be path AB = 1 mile

Distance covered by the person towards the right direction from point A to B is equal to 1 mile.

Distance covered by the person towards the left direction from point B to A is equal to 1 mile.

Displacement of the person = AB - BA = 1 - 1 = 0

Hence, the displacement of the person will be zero.