Thursday, May 11, 2017

Distance and Displacement

Two people leave from the same starting point and end at the same end point. One traveled twice as far as the other. Explain how this is possible using the terms of distance and displacement. 

48 comments:

jack hanson said...

One guy got lost

Nico J. said...

Of the two people the one that traveled the least used displacement, and the other on used distance.

mckenzi said...

the one that traveled the least used displacement, and the other on used distance.

Allie H. said...

One person took the displacement route, they went straight there. The other people went the distance,they went around, not direct.

Gage k said...

one person took a longer route to the destination, the other took a shorter route

Cameron Frost said...

Maybe one guy took the longer way around and the other guy went straight to where he needed to go.

tessa frazz said...

the one that went slower used displacement and the other one used distance.

Unknown said...

Because the person that took twice as long most of took the furthest path there.

Anonymous said...

mr distance here lovs to walk all over the place to get to point b, and mr displacement walk straight toward point a

Rachel P. said...

This is possible because you can have a different distance than your displacement. Your displacement is how far away you are from where you started. Distance is how far over all you have gone.

Anonymous said...

The person that traveled the farthest used distance, and the other used displacement.

anthony johnson said...

we need to use displacement ha.

JACK A said...

One walked the least with displacement,and the second person what and used distance.

OLIVIA BROWN said...

The person that traveled farthest used distance and the other person used displacement.

Aiden S. said...

One used the displacement and the other used the distince

Summer K. said...

One person went the long way and the other person went the short way.

Muscles said...

Cuz one guy was to scared to walk through the water so he took a longer way to the dock instead of just going through the water.

ColiBrianna H said...

The other person used displacement and the person who traveled the farthest used distance

Austin K said...

One person went the long way the other went the short way.

Hailey R said...

the who traveled displacement took the fastest and straightest route while the other was taking its time to look around was using distance.

KENNYB said...

one took a longer route

LAYSSE said...

One person went the long way and the other person went the short way.

TIMMY Z. said...

The person who traveled farther used distance, and the person who traveled shorter used displacement, which was more of a direct route.

Elise R. said...

The displacement is how far away the starting point is from the ending point, but distance is how far you actually travel. You can travel a longer path around the displacement if needed.

Jesse said...

Even if one was 2x longer than the other, they still ended up at the same displacement/end point.

Becca P. said...

Because say they are trying to get to a bench and there is a clear grassy path to get there so one person would go straight but the other one would go around the grassy part.

Avery N said...

One persons siri hated them so it took them twice as long.

Grace Q said...

one person went the long way and one went the short way.

Brianna G said...

One person went a farther way than the other. The other took the shortest and most direct route.

Kadie K said...

One person took the displacement route they went straight there he other person went the distance they went around not direct.

Anonymous said...

the who traveled displacement took the fastest and straightest route while the other was taking its time to look around was using distance.

Macey C. said...

One person might have taken the shortest rout possible, but the other one probably went the longest way possible, yet they still went to the same place.

Kevin said...

one person took the longer way and the other took the shorter way

Emma B said...

The displacement is how far away the starting point is from the ending point, but distance is how far you actually travel.You can travel a longer path around the displacement if needed.

Grace D said...

One guy went back to the starting point then to the end point

Zoe Schmaling said...

They went a different direction

Alexia S said...

Because say they are trying to get to a bench and there is a clear grassy path to get there so one person would go straight but the other one would go around the grassy part.

Ethan F. said...

One person may have traveled the long way, while the other traveled the short way, causing them to be displaced the same amount from the starting point, but one person traveled a bigger distance.

gabby s said...

one guy took the longer way around and the other guy went straight to where he needed to go

Drew C said...

one person took twice as long then the other person

Mason R. said...

One guy took the longer way around and the other guy went straight to where he needed to go.

lindsey p said...

the one who traveled displacement took the fastest way while the other one was using distance took the longer way

Anonymous said...

IDK!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cameron G said...

Because one guy took the longer way to get to the end point.

Cole Douglas MacPherson said...

One person took twice as long then the other person

Anonymous said...

That one guy took the longer way around and the other guy went straight to where he needed to go.

Jace S. said...

Displacement doesn't take the overall length of the trip while distance does but doesn't tell direction

Alissah H. said...

the one that traveled the least used displacement, and the other on used distance.