Question

The displacement of a moving object in a given interval of time zero would the distance travelled
by the object also be zero Give reasons for your answers

Answer 1

No, because displacement is the shortest possible distance between two points, i.e. the staring point and the end point. Displacement is not as same as length covered. So, the displacement of an object can be zero if it starts and stops at the same point, but the length covered will not be zero here.

Answer 2

no the distance would not be zero when the displacement is zero because distance is the actual path length where as displacement is the shortest distance from the initial position final position