Which of the following statements about distance and/or displacement are TRUE? List all that apply.

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A person starts at position A and finishes at position B. The distance for the trip is the length of the segment measured from A to B

F

Distance is a vector quantity and displacement is a scalar quantity

F

For the same diagram below, the displacement is 50 yds.

F

The diagram below depicts the path of a person walking to and fro from position A to B to C to D. The distance for this motion is 100 yds

F

The phrase "20 mi, northwest" likely describes the distance for a motion

F

A person makes a round-trip journey, finishing where she started. The displacement for the trip is 0 and the distance is some nonzero value

T

If a person walks in a straight line and never changes direction, then the distance and the displacement will have exactly the same magnitude

T

The phrase "20 m, west" likely describes the displacement for a motion.

T


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