Question

Can displacement be greater than distance travel by an object

Answer 1

Technically, displacement is the shortest distance between any two points. If you say displacement is greater than distance, you will contradict the above statement. Displacement is always less than or equal to distance. Note that distance is a scalar whereas displacement is a vector.So' displacement cannot be more than distance.

Answer 2

$\bigstar$No , distance is always greater than or equal to the displacement of an object

$\huge \sf Displacement$

Displacement is the shortest distance between two points. And as we know the shortest distance between two points is always a straight line (this may not be applicable in the case of a larger distance because it is a globe and so the shortest distance is a curved line)

$\huge \sf Distance$

Distance is the measure of the whole path covered by an object between any two points.

$\huge \sf{}Conclution$

As we can see from the definition, the shortest path cannot be larger than the whole path travelled and if we tell that the statement is false the. it would be like telling that a part is greater than the whole. And sometimes the distance and the displacement can be the same when the distance travelled is also a straight line

That is :-

$\huge \boxed{ \red{ \fbox{ \pink{ \sf displacement \: \leqslant distance}}}}$