Question

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

Answer 1

Answer:

Distance = 20 m

Displacement = 0 m

Explanation:

Given :

• Distance from Ram's school to home = 10 metres

• Ram goes to his school and again returns back to his home

To find :

• Distance travelled by Ram

• Displacement of ram

Distance = distance from school to home + distance from home to school

Distance = 10+10 = 20 metres

Ram returns back to school and hence his Displacement will be zero as he has come back to his initial position agaun

Displacement = 0 metres

Answer 2

Distance : How much ground an object covered

Displacement : It is the shortest distance i.e., difference b/w final & initial positions.

Given ,

" RAM is coming back from school to home and covers a distance

of 10 metre "

⇒ Distance = Distance from school to home + Distance from home to school

⇒ Distance = 10 + 10 = 20 cm

Here RAM goes to school from home and came back to home

Displacement = Final point - Initial point

⇒ Displacement = 10 - 10

⇒ Displacement = 0