College Physics
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Chapter 2, Problem 1TP
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The correct statement when comparing position, distance and displacement.
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Which of the following statements comparing position, distance, and displacement is correct?
a. An object may record a distance of zero while recording a non-zero displacement.
b. An object may record a non-zero distance while recording a displacement of zero.
c. An object may record a non-zero distance while maintaining a position of zero.
d. An object may record a non-zero displacement while maintaining a position of zero.
If the velocity is constant towards the right direction, the graph of displacement x vs time t is a
A. line with a positive slope.
B. line with negative slope.
C. parabola in the first quadrant.
O D. parabola in the 4th quadrant.
An object is moving towards the right direction. Velocity is constant. The graph of velocity vs time t
is a line
O A. along the t axis
B. parallel to the t axis
C. parallel to the v axis.
O D. with nonzero slope.
Velocity of a moving object is towards the right. Velocity is constant. The graph of acceleration a vs
time t is a
A. line parallel to the acceleration a axis.
B. line along the acceleration a axis.
C. line along the t-axis.
OD.line with positive slope.
1. A student walks 100 m from her house to Manila City Hall, and 80 m from Manila City Hall to SM Manila
to buy materials for her project. The student went back from SM Manila to her house. Find the (a) total
distance travelled and (b) total displacement.
2. The nearest grocery is 60 m, east from your house. You are walking at 1.2 m/s for 15.0 s toward the
grocery when it started to rain and you ran back to your house to get an umbrella. It took you another 5.0 s
to go back to your house. You start walking again at 1.2 m/s until you reach the grocery. (a) What is your
average speed? (b) What is your average velocity?
3. A boy is inside the bus moving at 5.0 m/s toward the front. What is the velocity of the boy a observed by
(a) a passenger sitting inside the bus and (b) another passenger waiting for the bus at a nearby bus stop?
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