Question

Ram is Coming back from his school to home and covers a distance of 10 metre calculate the distance and displacement covered by him.

Answer 1

Answer:

Distance = 20 metres

Displacement = 0 metres

Explanation:

Given :

• Distance from school to home = 10 metres

• Ram goes to his school and again comes back

To find :

• Distance covered by ram

• Displacement of ram

Distance = 10+10

Distance = 20 metres

The distance covered by Ram is equal to 20 metres

Displacement is the shortest distance covered by an object

Displacement = 0 metres ( ram returns back to his initial position, so Displacement is 0 metres)

Hence,

• Distance = 20 metres
• Displacement = 0 metres

Answer 2

★ Diagram:

A ____________ B

––– Going –––→

←–– Returning –-

Here , ram is going and returning to the same path so, displacement = 0

★ Given;

• Distance from school to Home = 10m

★ To find:

• Distance
• Displacement

★ Solution:

Let

• School be point A
• Home be point B

As shown in figure

Total distance = Distance from A-B + B-A

(°.° From the given figure )

→ Total distance = 10 + 10

→ Total distance = 20m

Displacement = 0m. (°.° given in figure )