Question

Q.6 Can distance and displacement be equal? Give an example.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Displacement is the shortest distance between two points, while distance is the length of the path travelled. Therefore if the body takes the shortest path between two points, distance and displacement will be equal.

Answer 2

QUESTION

Can distance and displacement be equal? Give an example.

ANSWER:-

When an object moves in a straight line without coming back, it’s displacement and distance magnitude will always be equal.

Why is it not equal when travelling backwards?

We know that displacement is a vector quantity and distance is a scalar quality.

Suppose you walk on a line PQR, say you walk from P to R and then back to Q.

Now your total displacement will be given by the equation PR – RQ because displacement considers direction.

But, it is important to note that the distance travelled will be PR + RQ because the distance is a scalar quantity and doesn’t consider direction.

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