Question

.A boy travels from his house and to the school which is 2km to the east.When he reaches back home ,he says his distance is more than his displacement. Justify his statement.

Answer 1

Because destination is same. Boy comes to home from school = 1 km. Total = 2km but since destination did not change and he returns to starting point , therefore displacement is zero.

Answer 2

Answer:

displacement= 0 as he reaches back to his initial position

while the distance=2 multiplied by the distance from home to school

Explanation:

displacement is the shortest distance between the initial and final position

so, as he comes back to his initial position, his displacement=0

while he traveled some distance while going from his house to his school and coming back.

so, the distance is more than the displacement as some distance is>displacement over here.

Hope this answer helps.