Question

A boy moves from A to B and covers a distance of 4m again he moves back to position A. Find the distance covered by him and what is displacement.​

Answer 1

Answer:

the distance covered by him is 8 m

Answer 2

Answer:

distance=8m displacement=0m

Explanation:

since distance is scalar direction is not considered.

but displacement is vector distance is considered so when he went back to initial position the displacement became 0