Question

for a moving object distance covered by it is always greater than or equal to the displacement of the object in a given time. explain.​

Answer 1

Answer

• Distance is equal to the Total Distance covered by a body, from the initial till the final point$\sf .$

• Displacement is equal to the shortest distance between two points.

• So we known that Distance can only be equal to or greater than the displacement and can never be shorter than the displacement.

• This is just common sense how can anything be shorter than the shortest path itself. But it can be equal to the shortest path

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☯ Distance is a scalar quantity and has only magnitude but no direction.

☯ Displacement is a vector quantity and has both magnitude and direction.

☯ Distance can only have +ve values whereas displacement can be +ve, -ve or even be zero.

Answer 2

Question :-

For a moving object distance covered by it is always greater than or equal to the displacement of the object in a given time. explain.

Explanation :-

1. For any moving object distance covered is always greater than or equal than displacement because it's a vector quantity.
2. Displacement is shortest distance between two points and distance is the total area covered by body. Therefore, we say distance covered by it is always greater than or equal to the displacement of the object in a given time.

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What is a vector quantity?

Answer :- Vector quantity is the quantity which consists of both magnitude and direction.

Example :- displacement, Velocity etc.