Question

Which statements describe a situation with a displacement of zero? Check all that apply. traveling south for 30 miles, then turning west and traveling another 30 miles riding on a Ferris wheel whose entrance and exit are the same walking around the block, starting from and ending at the same house riding on an escalator from the bottom floor to the top floor running exactly one lap around a racetrack

Answer 1

The term "displacement" includes a change of position or change in an innate characteristic. The first option would have someone travel in an L-shape, which definitely is a change in position from the starting point. The second option of Ferris wheel with the same entrance and exit does not involve overall displacement since a person would return to the same place they began. The third option of walking around the block does not involve overall displacement since, again, the person would return to the same place they began. The fourth option of an escalator ride does involve overall displacement because a person would finish their journey in a different vertical location from where they started. The last option does not involve overall displacement because one lap around a track will return you to the same place you began.

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:

riding on a Ferris wheel whose entrance and exit are the same

walking around the block, starting from and ending at the same house

running exactly one lap around a racetrack