Question

Can we say.....
Longest path covered by body is called Distance. and Shortest path covered by body is called Displacement.

Is it right defination or not???​

Answer 1

Answer:

yes, It is right defination.

Answer 2

Partially correct

As sometimes displacement is equal to distance if a particle travels in a straight path. We can say that,

• Distance – It is the length of the original path covered by an object.
• Displacement – Smallest length of the initial and final Position of an object.

More:-

There are many differences between distance and displacement. They are,

• Distance is greater or equal to Displacement and displacement is equal to or smaller than distance.
• Displacement can be negative, zero or Positive. Displacement can be zero and positive.
• Displacement is a vector while Distance is a scalar.