Question

The school of a boy is 1 km from his home to the east. When he reaches back home, he says that he travelled 2km distance but his displacement is zero. Justify your answer

Answer 1

Answer:

because distance is actual path travelled by object and displacement is minimum distance between two places

Answer 2

Explanation:

The reason is that in this case the boy walked to the school and back. Here distance traveled is 1+1=2 but since he reached the same starting point (ie the house), the displacement is zero.

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