Question

Alan rents a private jet for the weekend. He flies 400 km south to New York, then flies 700 km west to Chicago, then 1200 km south to Miami. What distance did he cover? What was his displacement? (use 1cm = 100km)

Answer 1

Alan covered a total distance of 400 km + 700 km + 1200 km = 2300 km. ️

To calculate his displacement, we need to consider the straight-line distance from the starting point to the final destination. Using the Pythagorean theorem, we can find the displacement:

Displacement = √((700 km)^2 + (400 km + 1200 km)^2) = √(490000 km^2 + 1600000 km^2) = √(2090000 km^2) ≈ 1446.99 km.

Since 1 cm represents 100 km, the displacement would be approximately 14.47 cm. ✈️