You and your dog go for a walk to the park. On the way, your dog takes many side trips to chase squirrels or examine fire hydrants. When you arrive at the park, do you and your dog have the same displacement?

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9 March, 02:42

You and your dog go for a walk to the park. On the way, your dog takes many side trips to chase squirrels or examine fire hydrants. When you arrive at the park, do you and your dog have the same displacement?

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Maxim Barrera · Answer 1

yes. We will have the same displacement.

Explanation:

It's in the definition of a displacement that " displacement is the change in position and if the initial and final position is same then the displacement will be zero". So in the park from starting position if we end up walking at the same position then our displacement will be zero because our initial and final positions are same.