Question

You stand at the main gate of your house. The ice cream parlour is 10 m away from the main gate. You walk to the ice cream parlour and come back again.
i. What is the distance you have travelled?
ii. What is your final displacement?
iii. Is displacement equal to distance? Give reason

Answer 1

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The total distance traveled= 10m +10m= 20m

Displacement= 10m-10m= 0m

No, displacement is not equal to distance traveled because my final position was my initial position.

Answer 2

Distance = 10 m + 10m = 20m
Displacement = 10m - 10 m = 0 m
No as displacement being a vector quantity can be negative in the case if one object is returning to the same path while distance being scalar can only be positive.
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