Question

in which of the following cases will the distance covered and the magnitude of the displacement are not same? justify. <br />a) an athlete complete one round in a race <br />b) a rain drop falls in still air<br />c)a passenger in a train travels frm Delhi to Mumbai

Answer 1

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the answer is a) the magnitude of the displacement and distance are not same when an athlete complete one round in a race because : displacement will be zero when he complete one whole round as displacement is defined as the shortest path covered by a moving body but here distance will be in some numbers because distance is referred as total path covered.

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Answer 2

Answer:

In case (a) and case (c) ,distance and displacement are not teh same.in (a) distance is covered but dispalcement is zero and in the last case,displacement is the shortest distance between delhi and mumbai which is not the path travelled by the train.