Question

PHYSICS (25 MARKS)
1. Can the displacement be greater
e spacement be greater than the distance travelled by an
object?​

Answer 1

Answer:

No

Explanation:

Since displacement is the least distance to arrive from one point to another while distance is the path followed by the person. Therefore

displacement can be equal to distance but not more than that.

Answer 2

Answer:

NEVER

Explanation:

Displacement is the shortest distance between any two given points hence it can only ne equal to distance of the object is moving in a straight line rather than curve and in that case it is always less than it.

Distance is the actual path covered by an object.

Eg. A Race car covers 6 laps in 1 minute.

Here the distance will be

$(2\pi r)6$

But displacement is

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