A person walks 1 mile every day for exercise, leaving her front porch at 9:00 am. and returning to her front porch at 9:25 am. What is the total displacement of her daily walk

0

Explanation:

Given that:

Distance walked per day = 1 mile

Starting position = front of house

Final position = front of house(initial position).

In other to aid understanding; Displacement simply refers to the shortest or least distance measured from an individual's initial position to his final point.

Here,

Assume, front of house = point A

Then , initial position = point A (front of house)

Final position, = point A (front of house)

Hence, the shortest distance between final and initial positions is :

Point A - Point A = 0

Since, starting point is the same as the final point, then Displacement = 0

air exerts forces on falling objects near earth’s surface.

explanation:

the term 'free falls' refer to object that are falling towards the earth, in a situation in which gravity is the only force acting on the object.

for an object in free fall, the acceleration is constant (g, the gravitational acceleration), and so the velocity of the object constantly increases.

for objects near earth's surface, there is always another force acting on the object: the resistance due to the air. this force is opposed to the direction of fall of the object, and it is proportional to the velocity of the object, so as the object falls down, this force increases up to a point when it balances the force of gravity, and the object continues its motion at constant velocity (called terminal velocity). since in this case gravity is not the only force acting on the object, we are not in a situation of free fall.