Question

For an object in motion, its displacement is greater than or equal to distance travelled by it in
a given time interval. Is this statement true?

Answer 1

Answer:

No,because if the moving object comes back to its initial position the distance travelled is not zero.

No,because if the moving object comes back to its initial position the distance travelled is not zero.Though the moving object comes back to its initial position the distance travelled is not zero.

No,because if the moving object comes back to its initial position the distance travelled is not zero.Though the moving object comes back to its initial position the distance travelled is not zero.Displacement is calculated on the basis of initial and final position. If initial and final position are same, displacement is zero. But distance is the total distance covered from initial to final position. So, it cannot be zero in this case.

Answer 2

For an object in motion, its displacement is greater than or equal to distance travelled by it in a given time interval.

• The above statement is FALSE.

First of all, let's define the quantities:

• Distance is a scalar quantity and defined as the total path length travelled by object in a specific time period.

• Displacement the vector quantity and defined as the shortest length between the starting and stopping point of an object.

In that case, distance is always positive. But displacement can be negative, zero or positive.

$\boxed{displacement \: \leqslant distance}$