Question

4. The school of a boy from his home is 1 km to the east. When he reaches back home, he says that he had traveled 2 km distance but his displacement is zero. Justify your answer.

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Answer 1

Answer:

The boy's statement is correct.

Explanation:

The distance between the boy's home and school is 1 Km. To reach the school, he covers 1 Km, and to come back home, he covers 1 Km. The total distance travelled would be 1+1=2 Km. The displacement would be 0 as the initial and final position of the boy is same.

Answer 2

As given he took 1km to reach school from his home and again he take 1km to come back his home so his total distance is 2 km. as his displacement is zero.