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Answer:
0 is the displacement of Wendy after the run and the total distance covered is 10 miles.
Step-by-step explanation:
We are given the following information in the question:
Wendy runs 5 miles directly east
Then, she runs 5 miles in the opposite direction, directly west, and finishes where she started.
5 + (-5) = 0 in this situation means that the displacement of Wendy is zero in this case.
This does not mean that Wendy ran 0 miles.
Total distance run by Wendy = 5 + 5 = 10
Displacement and distance:
- Distance is a scalar quantity that refers to how much ground an object has covered or the distance covered by an object during its motion.
- Displacement is a vector quantity that refers to shortest distance between the starting and the ending point of an object during a motion.
- Direction plays an important role in the displacement of an object since it is a vector quantity.
- It is the object's overall change in position.
Thus, 0 is the displacement of Wendy after the run and the total distance covered is 10 miles.
