Question

as a particle moves from the origin to left can the displacement be positive

Answer 1

no when the displacement moves from orgin to left then the displacement is negative and it is known as retardution

Answer 2

Hello mate,
[Refer to the figure for better understanding.]

● Answer-
No. A particle going to the left in standard x-y plane will have negative displacement.

● Extra information -
- As a convention, we take displacement on right side of the origin as positive and left side as negative.
- Also displacement towards upper side of origin is taken positive and down is negative.

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