Question

Long Answer Type Questions 34. (a) What is the difference between distance travelled by a body and its 'displacement ? Explain with the help of a diagram (b) An ant travels a distance of 8 cm from P to Q and then moves a distance of 6 cm at right angles to PQ Find its resultant displacement. motion' and 'non-uniform motion 7 Explain the te​

Answer 1

34 a)

Distance:

1. The total path length of motion
2. Scalar quantity (No direction)
3. Can never be negative

Displacement:

1. Shortest distance between initial point and final point
2. Vector quantity (Direction and magnitude)
3. Can be negative

b) $R = \sqrt{8^{2} +6^{2} }$

R = 10 cm