Question

The location of a particle is changed what can you say about the displacement in the distance covered by the particle

Answer 1

Answer:

When the location is changed, it means that the particle has undergone displacement and has moved a distance, which means both of them should have either a positive or negative value. Since distance has only magnitude, it can never be a zero when the particle has changed its location.

Answer 2

Answer:

In this case, displacement can either be negative or positive but not zero. But distance is positive.

Explanation:

Displacement is positive or negative, that depends on the direction of the movement on the reference axis. It cant be zero in this case because the location has surely changed.

Distance is always positive or zero. it does not depend on the direction. It is not zero in this case, since the location has surely changed.