Question

A stone is thrown vertically upwards and after ascending height 'h' it comes back to the hands of the thrower. Calculate the net displacement of the stone?

Answer 1

Step 1: Displacement

Displacement is the distance between the start and the endpoint.

It is a vector quantity.

Step 2: Calculating displacement,

Taking upward as positive (h),

Downward as negative (h).

Total displacement is $$\begin{gathered} =(h+(-h\left)\right) \\ =h-h \\ =0 \end{gathered}$$

Hence, the displacement is 0 units.