2. Now imagine that the car is on a rectangular track that is 30 cm on each short side and 60 cm on each long
side. The car begins at the 0 cm position and takes one trip around the track.
a
What is the displacement of the car?
b.
What is the total distance that the car travels?
Displacement is the distance between one point to another directly in only one direction but distance is the distance traveled altogether in any direction.
