A ball is thrown upward from an initial height of 1.5 m. The ball reaches a height of 5 m then falls to the ground. What is the total distance traveled by the ball?

What is the displacement of the ball?

Distance is the total path travelled by an object and here, distance travelled by the ball is 11.5 m.

Displacement is the shortest distance between two points and here, the displacement of the ball is -1.5 m.

The answer can be explained as follows:

After the throw;

During upward motion of the ball:

During downward motion of the ball:

For calculating displacement;

(Final position is ground, and since all measurements are measured from ground, position of ground is treated as 0 m)

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Distance:

IF IT WAS TOSSED STRAIGHT UP:

UP: from 1.5m to 5m . . . . . 3.5 m

DOWN: from 5m to the ground ... 5 m

Total distance . . . 8.5 m

Displacement:

IF IT WAS TOSSED STRAIGHT UP:

from 1.5m to the ground.

Displacement = 1.5m down

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