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A women walks 500 m from her home to the shop. She then walks 200 m to the park and finally 400 m back to her home. What is the overall distance and displacement of her journey?

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A women walks 500 m from her home to the shop. She then walks 200 m to the park and finally 400 m back to her home. What is the overall distance and displacement of her journey?

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Solution

The overall distance of her journey is the total length she walked. This can be calculated by adding all the individual distances together:

500 m (home to shop) + 200 m (shop to park) + 400 m (park to home) = 1100 m

So, the overall distance of her journey is 1100 m.

Displacement, on the other hand, is the shortest distance from the starting point (her home) to the ending point (also her home). Since she ended up back at her home, her overall displacement is 0 m.

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