Question

Hw cn displacement be negative or positive?

Answer 1

Displacement is a vector quantity. It can be positive or negative with respect to a reference point. Just like numbers on the number line. Numbers to the left of 0 are negative and the ones to the right are positive. Similarly, moving forward can be counted as positive and moving backwards can be counted as negative.

Answer 2

When an object comes back to original position or goes behind the origin