Hi, i am having some difficulties in solving this question. could someone explain this question to me in detail. the thing is my physics textbook is horrible and i don't understand a thing in there. would be appreciated!

a) 3.0×10⁸ m

b) 0 m

Explanation:

Displacement is the distance from the starting position to the final position.

a) In half a year, the Earth travels from one point on the circle to the point on the exact opposite side of the circle (from 0° to 180°).  The distance between the points is the diameter of the circle.

x = 2r

x = 2 (1.5×10⁸ m)

x = 3.0×10⁸ m

b) In a full year, the Earth travels one full revolution, so it ends up back where it started.  The displacement is therefore 0 m.

.) the observation by semmelweis that more mothers died of childbed fever when their doctors also worked in the morgue

i guess it’s a and b