Question

Under what condition the displacement and the distance of a moving object will have the same magnitude?

CLASS - XI PHYSICS (Kinematics)

Answer 1

When the direction of displacement doesn't change, the displacement and the distance will have same magnitude. For example, when a body travels in a straight line, its displacement and distance will be same.

Answer 2

Answer:

If Direction is along a straight line ( in same direction )

then Displacement = Distance

Explanation:

Under what condition the displacement and the distance of a moving object will have the same magnitude

Displacement is a vector whose length is the shortest distance from the initial to the final position .

Displacement has Magnitude As well as Direction

Displacement quantifies both the distance and direction of an imaginary motion along a straight line from the initial position to the final position of the point.

If Direction is along a straight line ( in same direction )

then Displacement = Distance