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Distance and Displacement
Errands
Jennifer and Gary wanted to have some friends over for a barbeque at Jennifer’s before they all went back to college. They decided to do some shopping on Friday morning before Jennifer went to work at the Smith Haven Mall.
Gary picked up Jennifer at her house at 9:30 am and they drove 2.5 miles west in 10 minutes to Wal-Mart for some cushions on sale. They left Wal-Mart at 10:15 am and went 2 miles east and 1.5 miles north to Home Depot for a new umbrella to put over the picnic table. There was construction on Middle Country Road so the trip to Home Depot took 20 minutes. From Home Depot they went 1.5 miles east to the 7-11 to buy some Coca-Cola. The trip took 5 minutes.
They next traveled 1 miles west and .5 miles south to King Kullen to buy snacks and paper plates. The trip also took 5 minutes.
Jennifer asked to drive 2 miles south and 1 mile east to the dry cleaner to puck up her outfit for work. The drive only took 10 minutes, but now it was 11:40 am and Jennifer had to be at work at noon. They traveled the 3.5 miles north and the 1.5 miles west in 12 minutes to the Smith Haven Mall, to drop Jennifer off. Then Gary drove back to Jennifer’s house to unload the car. The trip back took 25 minutes.
Directions:
(1). Carefully map out the route followed by Jennifer and Gary on a piece of graph paper.
(2). With a different color, sketch the direct route back Gary should take from the mall to Jennifer’s house.
Questions:
(1). What was the route back that he had to take in words?
(2). What are the definitions of:
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(3). Determine the distance and displacement for each of the following:
Route / Distance / Displacement (need number and direction!!!!!)(a). Jennifer’s to Wal-Mart
(b). Jennifer’s to the dry cleaners
(c). Home Depot to King Kullen
(d). 7-11 to the dry cleaners
(e). Home Depot to 7-11
(f). Jennifer’s to the Smith Haven Mall
(g). Smith Haven mall to Jennifer’s
Work for Chart:
(4). For the whole day, what was Gary’s distance traveled?
(5). For the whole day, what was Gary’s displacement?
(6). How did you find distance? (What did you have to do?)
(7). How did you find displacement?