Question

11) A man starts from a place A and travels a distance of 5 km to reach the place B. From the place
B he travels another 3km and reaches place C. And finally a man travels 4km from place C to
reach back to the starting point A. Calculate distance and displacement of man.​

Answer 1

Distance is the actual path covered by the body
Displacement is the shortest distance between two points

Here’s the answer


Distance is 3 + 5 + 4 = 12km
Displacement is 0 since the initial point coincides the final point