Problem
What is the displacement of the ride between 0s and 16 s?
What is the distance traveled between 0s and 16s ?
Solution
The displacement is defined as:
Displacement= xf -xi= 0 - 12 =-12
The distance can be calculated with the area below the curve and we have:
Distance = (8*12) + (8*12)/2 + (4*15)/2 + (4*9)/2 = 96+48+ 30+18=192
