Given:
Distance the bus goes from town A to town B = 500 km east
Given that the bus comes back halfway in the evening travelling west, let's find the distance and the displacement of the bus.
• To find the distance of the bus, we have:
[tex]\begin{gathered} d=500+(\frac{500}{2}) \\ \\ d=500+250 \\ \\ d=750\operatorname{km} \end{gathered}[/tex]Therefore, the distance the bus covered is 750 km
• To find the displacement, we have:
[tex]\begin{gathered} Displacement\text{ = 500 - (}\frac{500}{2}) \\ \\ \text{Displacement = 500 - 250} \\ \\ \text{Displacement = 250 km} \end{gathered}[/tex]Therefore, the displacement of the bus is 250 km east
ANSWER:
Distance = 750 km
Displacement = 250 km east
