Question

a student leaves his house and gets on the bus to go to school. he spends all day at school, then rides home. he notices he took about 6,000 steps today. what is the best description of the students displacement at the end of the day? there is zero displacement since the student is back where he started. the displacement is best described by 6,000 steps because he only counted his steps when he went back to where he started. the displacement is much greater than zero because he took 6,000 steps during the day. the displacement is actually less than zero because it is negative because he went back to his house.

Explanation:

Displacement is a vector quantity that measures the change in position from the starting - point to the ending - point. The student starts at home, goes to school, and then returns home. Since the starting and ending positions are the same (home), the displacement is zero.

Answer:

There is zero displacement since the student is back where he started.