What is the displacement in the position of the boy?

Question

A boy starts from point A and moves 5 units toward the east, then turns back and moves 3 units toward the west. What is the displacement in the position of the boy?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Answer 1

Relative to point A the displacement is

5 units east - 3 units west = 2 units east

The boy is 2 units east of point A.