How can the displacement be zero even if the distance is not zero?
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How can the displacement be zero even if the distance is not zero?
How can the displacement be zero even if the distance is not zero?
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However, the displacement will be zero because the initial and final position are the same. Therefore, we conclude that displacement can be zero even if distance is non zero. If a car travels from point A to B and then comes back and AB=5cm. Then the distance travelled is 10cm and displacement is zero.
Explanation:
there is a condition that scalar quantity only shows magnitude.so,it can't be negative or zero.
but displacement is a vector quantity