IB Physics SL A.1.4 Distance and Displacement Question Bank
Practise IB Physics SL A.1.4 by adding travelled path lengths and assigning the correct direction to displacement.
- Syllabus
- First assessment 2025
- Course
- Physics SL
- Level
- SL
Exam points
- calculate total distance by adding path lengths along a journey
- calculate displacement from final minus initial position and state its direction
- distinguish scalar distance from signed vector displacement when a journey is reversed
A.1.4—Distance and displacement question 1
The road from city X to city Y is 1000 km long. The displacement is 800 km from X to Y.
What is the distance travelled from Y to X and the displacement from Y to X ?
Distance travelled
from Y to X / km
Displacement from
Y to X / km
800
800
1000
800
800
-800
1000
-800
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