Question

The shortest distance between the initial position and the final position of a body is called

Answer 1

Answer:

When a body moves from one position to another, the shortest distance measured between the initial and the final positions of the moving body in a particular direction is called displacement.

Explanation:

Answer 2

The shortest distance between the initial position and the final position of a body is called displacement.

To properly understand this answer, we have to know more about displacement.

Displacement :

• As mentioned already, "the shortest distance between the initial position and final position, or the straight line distance between the initial position and final position, is known as the displacement."
• Displacement is a vector quantity, it has both magnitude and direction.
• Displacement can be zero also if the starting point and ending point of a journey are the same.
• The SI unit of displacement is the meter.

In the above-mentioned elaboration, the concept of displacement has been discussed properly. So now, we can say that the given sentence in the question completely resembles (ie. "shortest distance" is the main resemblance factor) the definition of displacement. No other physical quantity has such resemblance with the given data in the question.

Hence, the shortest distance between the initial position and final position is called displacement.