Question

Illustrate the difference between distance travelled and displacement of a body with the help of a simple diagram.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Distance travelled is the actual length of the indirect path covered by the body whereas displacement refers to the straight line path between the initial and final positions. For e.g. In the figure given below, a body moves from point A to point B and then from point B to point C. Here, the distance travelled by the body is AB + BC and displacement is AC.