Q. A toy cyclist completes one round of a square track of side $ 2 $ m in $ 40s $ . What will be the displacement at the end of $ 3 $ min?
KEAMKEAM 2006
Solution:
Displacement is distance from initial to final position.
In $ 40\,s-1 $ round In $ 3\times 60=180\text s - 4\frac{1}{2} $ round Displacement for 4 rounds is zero.
For $ \frac{l}{2} $ round, length of diagonal $ =2\sqrt{2}m $ .