Walking to the Museum: Calculating Displacement

How far is it from the bus stop to the museum entrance?

It takes you 10 minutes to walk with an average velocity of 1.2 m/s to the north from the bus stop to the museum entrance. What is your displacement?

Answer:

The displacement is 720 meters to the north.

Displacement is a crucial concept in physics and is defined as the change in position of an object. In this scenario, you are walking from the bus stop to the museum entrance with an average velocity of 1.2 m/s to the north. The time taken to cover this distance is 10 minutes.

To calculate the displacement, we use the formula: Displacement = Velocity × Time. By plugging in the values given, we get: Displacement = 1.2 m/s × (10 minutes × 60 seconds/minute) = 1.2 m/s × 600 seconds = 720 meters to the north.

This means that after walking from the bus stop to the museum entrance, you are displaced 720 meters to the north from your original position.