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Course: Class 11 Physics (India) > Unit 6

Lesson 1: Distance, displacement, and coordinate systems
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Class 11 Physics (India)
Motion in a straight line
Distance, displacement, and coordinate systems
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Finding distance and displacement from graphs

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Problem

A baby elephant trots in a straight line along a river. The horizontal position of the elephant in meters over time is shown below.
What is the displacement of the elephant between 0s and 16 s?
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3/5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7/4
  • a mixed number, like 1 3/4
  • an exact decimal, like 0.75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12 pi or 2/3 pi
m
What is the distance traveled by the elephant between 0s and 16 s?
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3/5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7/4
  • a mixed number, like 1 3/4
  • an exact decimal, like 0.75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12 pi or 2/3 pi
m