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Question
Can displacement-time sketch be parallel to the displacement axis? Give a reason to your answer.
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Solution
The displacement-time graph can never be parallel to the displacement axis because such a line would mean that the distance covered by the body in a certain direction increases without any increase in time, which is not possible.
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