A person is walking in a straight line for 10 s. The person has an initial position that is negative with respect to a chosen origin, and their velocity is also negative during the entire 10 s. At the end of 10 s, is the person closer to or further from the origin than they were originally? Explain.

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Conrad Harrison

Physics

12 May, 18:18

A person is walking in a straight line for 10 s. The person has an initial position that is negative with respect to a chosen origin, and their velocity is also negative during the entire 10 s. At the end of 10 s, is the person closer to or further from the origin than they were originally? Explain.

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The person is further from the origin then they where originally.

Explanation

The person starts with a negative displacement from the origin. They then move with a negative velocity, this means that they are walking away from the origin in the negative direction. This means that the displacement will end up a larger negative number than before, thus they are further away from the origin.