Question

An object has moved through a distance .Can it have zero displacement.If yes support your answer



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Answer 1

let us consider a two points A and B. If an object moved from A to B and then B to A, displacement is 0

Answer 2

Answer:

A big "YES" !! A body can have zero displacement even after the object has moved some distance.

Explanation:

In order to understand how an object can have zero displacement even after the object has moved some distance, let us take an example.

Suppose a body travel the distance of 400 m from P to Q and then it again comes back to P. Thus, it traveled 400 m which is its total distance travelled. But, as we know that displacement is the shortest distance from initial position to final position .Here, the body again comes back to its initial position after covering certain distance. So, it has zero displacement even after coming 400 metres of distance.

Considering this, we can say that a body can have zero displacement even after the object has moved some distance if it comes back again to its initial position after covering some distance.

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Learn More :

• Distance is total length of the path covered by the body.

• It is a scalar quantity.

• Its SI unit is metre. $\;$

• It doesn't require direction.

• Distance can never be 0 or negative.

• Displacement is the shortest distance from initial to final position.

• It is a vector quantity.

• Its SI unit is metre.

• It requires both direction and magnitude.

• It can be 0 or negative.