An ant is crawling along a yardstick that is pointed with the 0-inch mark to the east and the 36-inch mark to the west. it starts at the 16 inch mark, crawls to the 29-inch mark, then moves to the 14-inch mark. what is the total distance the ant traveled? what was the total displacement of the ant?

Explanation:

Lets put a frame of reference in the problem. Starting the frame of reference at the point with the 0-inch mark, and making the unit vector pointing in the west direction, the ant start at position

Then, moves to

so, the distance traveled here is

after this, the ant travels to

so, the distance traveled here is

The total distance traveled will be:

The displacement is the final position vector minus the initial position vector:

This is 2 inches to the east.

u=13

v=30

s/t=u+1\2at

=13+431/2

=13+265.5

=278.5

the answer is b ) square root of 5