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An object has moved through a distance. Can it have zero displacement? If yes, support your answer with an example?

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Yes. An object that has moved through a distance can have zero displacement. Displacement is the shortest measurable distance between the initial and the final position of an object. An object which has covered a distance can have zero displacement, if it comes back to its starting point, i.e., the initial...
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Yes. An object that has moved through a distance can have zero displacement. Displacement is the shortest measurable distance between the initial and the final position of an object. An object which has covered a distance can have zero displacement, if it comes back to its starting point, i.e., the initial position.

Consider the following situation. A man is walking in a square park of length 20 m (as shown in the following figure). He starts walking from point A and after moving along all the corners of the park (point B, C, D), he again comes back to the same point, i.e., A.

In this case, the total distance covered by the man is 20 m + 20 m + 20 m

+ 20 m = 80 m. However, his displacement is zero because the shortest distance between his initial and final position is zero.

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I am a B.Tech graduate in mechanical engineering. I usually teach students upto call XII. Exp 4 year

Yes, it can have zero displacements of the object comes to the original position by covering any distance. As movement is the distance between the initial and final position of the object being moved.
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First of all, One needs to understand the fundamental difference between Displacement and Distance; Displacement is vector Qty which has Magnitude as well as direction (For ex: I travelled 100m in north direction ) whereas distance has the only Magnitude ( For ex: I went 50 km ). Therefore Displacement...
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First of all, One needs to understand the fundamental difference between Displacement and Distance; Displacement is vector Qty which has Magnitude as well as direction (For ex: I travelled 100m in north direction ) whereas distance has the only Magnitude ( For ex: I went 50 km ). Therefore Displacement could be zero if the Initial point and endpoint are the same but covered a certain distance. Ex: If a man starts running in a stadium having a circular track and reach back to its Initial point after 1 round, Then the Total distance covered here is Circumference of circular path whereas the Displacement is Zero as the initial point and endpoint are same.

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Travel from your house which is at B (point to be noted that, B is your starting point) then you go to TreeTree at position C, and from C to tree A, and then back to your house and you stop, So your ending point is also B (your home).Now , the distance travel by you is = 3m+5m+4m = 12mwhich you get...
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Travel from your house which is at B (point to be noted that, B is your starting point) then you go to TreeTree at position C, and from C to tree A, and then back to your house and you stop, So your ending point is also B (your home).
Now , the distance travel by you is = 3m+5m+4m = 12m
which you get it,
but as per the Displacement definition, it's always the distance/measurement between starting(initial) point to
ending final point, so your initial and starting point, the Displacement is zero
but if you stop at TreeTree on point A, then your starting point was at B and ending point at A
So the measurement between them is 4m So your Displacement at that case is 4.
I understood it, then what will be the distance if you stop at Tree A?

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Yes, the displacement can be zero. Suppose a person is walking on a rectangular park ABCD, he starts with A moves to B then to C and finally reaches to A, here starting point & final point coincides, hence displacement = 0, although the person has travelled a distance which equals to its perimeter....
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Yes, the displacement can be zero. Suppose a person is walking on a rectangular park ABCD, he starts with A moves to B then to C and finally reaches to A, here starting point & final point coincides, hence displacement = 0, although the person has travelled a distance which equals to its perimeter.

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Yes, it can be said that displacement is zero only if the initial and final position of the object is same...
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Yes, A moving object can travel a certain distance and may have zero displacement if the initial and final position of the object remain same. For example- if an object goes from point A to point B and again returns from B to A then it's distance will be 2xAB but it's displacement will be zero.
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Which of the following is true for displacement?

(a) It cannot be zero.(b) Its magnitude is greater than the distance travelled by the object.

 
(a) Not true Displacement can become zero when the initial and final position of the object is the same. (b) Not true Displacement is the shortest measurable distance between the initial and final positions...
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