Question

1 What is the difference between ‘distance travelled’ by a body and its ‘displacement’ ? Explain with the
help of a diagram.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Distance travelled :---- Distance travelled is the actual length of the indirect path covered by the body.

Displacement :---- whereas displacement refers to the straight line path between the initial and final positions. For e.g. In the figure given below, a body moves from point A to point B and then from point B to point.

The diagram is :---

The diagram will be is upper of the page.

Explanation:

So, This is the answer of your question.