Question

URGENT! i don't understand how displacement works and it'd be nice if you could also show steps on how to do it:( THank you!

Calculate the total displacement of a mouse walking along a ruler, if it begins at the x=5cm, and then does the following:

It walks to x=12cm

It then walks a displacement of -8cm

Lastly, it walks to the location x=7cm

Answer 1

in order to find the displacement of something, you can calculate it by subtracting the initial distance from the final distance.

7-5 =2
so the mouse would’ve walked a displacement of 2cm