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Question
Under what conditions can a body travel a certain distance and yet its resultant displacement be zero ?
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Solution
When the body comes back to its starting point, its resultant displacement is zero. It is because it has covered a certain distance in due course of time; however, there is no difference between the initial and final positions.
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