The school of a boy from his home is 1km to the east . When he reaches back home he says that he travelled 2km distance but his displacement is zero . justify your answer.
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because distance is the net path travlled which is 1 km till school and then back 1 km to his home.
displacemnt is the shortest path .if an object starts from an initial point and returns back to tht point then net dist. is twice the dist. and displacement is zero.
displacemnt is the shortest path .if an object starts from an initial point and returns back to tht point then net dist. is twice the dist. and displacement is zero.
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