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Editor Staff asked 1 year ago
Which one of the following relations is true?
(a) Distance > Displacement
(b) Distance < Displacement
(c) Distance >= Displacement
(d) Distance <= Displacement
The question was posed to me in an online quiz.
My enquiry is from Straight Line Motion in section Motion in a Straight Line of Physics – Class 11
Select the correct answer from above options
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Editor">Editor Staff answered 1 year ago
Editor Staff answered 1 year ago
Correct choice is (c) Distance >= Displacement
Easy explanation: Displacement is the shortest distance between two points. Hence displacement <= distance or vice versa. If the path followed is the path of shortest distance or displacement, then displacement = distance.
