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प्रश्न
Distinguish distance and displacement.
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उत्तर
| S.No. | Distance | Displacement |
| 1. | The actual length of the path traveled by a moving body irrespective of the direction | The change in position of a moving body in a particular direction |
| 2. | Scalar quantity | Vector quantity |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Which of the following is true for displacement?
- It cannot be zero.
- Its magnitude is greater than the distance travelled by the object.
Under what conditions can a body travel a certain distance and yet its resultant displacement be zero ?
In which of the following cases of motion, the distance moved and the magnitude of displacement are equal?
When brakes are applied to a bus, retardation produced is 25 cm s-2 and the bus takes 20 s to stop. Calculate -
- The initial velocity of the bus
- The distance travelled by bus during this time.
A racehorse runs straight towards the north and covers 540 m in one minute. Calculate
- displacement of the horse,
- its velocity in (a) ms−1 (b) kmh−1.
Draw displacement – time graph for the following situation:
When a body is moving with uniform velocity.
A body is moving along a circular path of radius r. What will be the distance and displacement of the body when it completes:
Full revolution
Distance is a ______ quantity.
The displacement covered by the second hand of radius V in a clock after one revolution is ______.
Distance travelled by a freely falling body is proportional to ______.
