Activity Questions
1. You are running a recreational running event for your town. You decide to hold the event at a local park. There is a paved path around the park, which happens to be perfectly square. The total distance around one lap of the track is 400 m (remember each side is the same length). Please answer the following for the race event:
a. One runner completes 10 laps of the race. What is the total distance the runner covered? -Total distance ran was 4,000 m

b. What is the total displacement for the runner?

-Total displacement was o m. Being that the runner ended the event at the same place he or she started. c. Explain the answers for a and b using the concepts of distance and displacement.

- Distance is space cover.
- Displacement is distance from the start to the end. 2. Explain why the difference between distance and displacement is of little concern in practical applications where velocity is calculated.
The difference between distance and displacement is of little concern where velocity is calculated is because, distance meaning how fast an object is traveling is of little difference to displacement meaning how far an object has traveled with which direction the object moved. They both involve the object traveling.
3. Is it possible for acceleration to be negative? Explain.
Yes it is possible for acceleration to be negative, because the definition of acceleration is the rate in which an object changes velocity. So a negative acceleration would be an object slowing down. Example if a car going 60 km/hr and slows down to 50 km/hr that would be negative acceleration.
4. What is the difference between angular and linear motion?
The difference between angular and linear motion is angular motion is rotating around an fixed point or axis, linear motion is movement from point A to point B.
5. Reproduce the