Question

Assertion : Distance travelled by a body may be positive, negative or zero. Reason :
Shortest distance travelled by the body between two points is called distance.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Assertion: Distance travelled by a body may be positive, negative or zero.

Reason: Shortest distance travelled by the body between two points is called distance.

Answer:

• Both the assertion and reason are not correct, the both are false.

Explanation:

Assertion is wrong because distance travelled by a body must be positive only.

Reason is wrong because shortest distance travelled by the body between two points is called displacement.

Know more:

$\begin{gathered}\boxed{\begin{array}{c|cc}\bf Distance&\bf Displacement\\\frac{\qquad \qquad \qquad\qquad\qquad \qquad\qquad\qquad}{}&\frac{\qquad \qquad \qquad\qquad\qquad \qquad\qquad\qquad}{}\\\sf Path \: of \: length \: from \: which &\sf The \: shortest \: distance \: between \\ \sf \: object \: is \: travelling \: called \: distance. &\sf \: the \: initial \: point \: \& \: final \\ &\sf point \: is \: called \: displacement. \\\\\sf It \: is \: scalar \: quantity. &\sf It \: is \: vector \: quantity \\\\\sf It \: is \: positive \: always &\sf It \: can \: be \: \pm \: \& \: 0 \: too \end{array}}\end{gathered}$