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GED Science

GED Science Question of the Day

Practice GED Science with the production-style question-of-the-day selection for this public URL.

Question 1

A car drives miles east and miles north. What is the total displacement of the car?

Explanation: The car has covered a total distance of miles, however, displacement and distance are not the same thing. Distance is simply the measure of how far the car have moved, regardless of direction. Displacement is a vector quantity, and takes direction into account. Displacement measures the total distance only between the car's starting point and ending point. To solve this question, it is best to draw a sketch. The resulting sketch will be a right triangle with the hypotenuse equal to the displacement. The Pythagorean Theorem can be used to solve the problem. Question_1