if an object has moved through a distance then can it have zero displacement?explain with an example.?

Answer 1

Basically, if you end up back where you started, it doesn't matter how much distance you traveled, your displacement is 0.

For example, if I leave my house, go to the post office, go to Wendy's, go to class, go to work, then arrive back at home my distance will be several miles. But my displacement will be 0.

Answer 2

Yes. I think it's a difference between distance and displacement. Distance can include linear or nonlinear measures between two points; displacement includes only a linear measure between two points.

Examples:

If a person runs 100 m, both distance and displacement are 100 m.

If a person runs around a track once (400 m; assuming they are running in the first lane), the distance covered is 400 m but the displacement is 0 m.

Answer 3

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If the object moves and comes back to the original position than there is no displacement. Displacement is the distance from your starting point. Try moving walking in a big circle out doors and stop where you originally started.

Answer 4

Yes offcourse it can have 0 displacement.

Displacement:The vector quantity of distance. It is known as the shortest distance along a single line from the beginning to the end.

Source: http://library.thinkquest.org/11924/glossary.html#d

So you see if you move in a circular path, irrespective of the distance travelled you if u try to draw a straight line from your start to your End point. you will get only one point and not a line. so your displacement is zero.

Answer 5

its simple, displacement is a vector quantity hence it depends on the direction and not on the path taken by the object (i.e. the initial and final position) if an object moves thousand of km from certain starting point and it comes to that starting pt again then its displacement would be 0. but the distance wouldbe the distance of path covered.

Answer 6

hi,nice question,displacement is manitude of motion is straight line,on other hand distance is the only magnitude of motion in any dirction,when body move in circle,and complete on trip aruond cirlce ,although he covere some distance ,but no chane in his orignal posion,,so displacement is zero(0),also for zigzag path motion an object covere some distance but having no displacement,when he return to its orignal position after some interval

Answer 7

Displacement Can

Answer 8

draw a circle with your compass, the pencil reaches at the same point after a complete rotation of 360 degrees.
here,the pencil moves a distance equal to the circumference of the circle but its displacement is zero
CONCLUSION:
distance =pi x r,
but displacement = 0

So your answer is Yes!

Answer 9

If x1 and x2 are two points and if x1=x2 and if a linear path is not acquired to travel from x1 to x2, it can be an example of a particle having moved in space but having 0 displacement. For example if you consider earth's revolution around the sun.

Answer 10

displacment is a vector quantity therefore it depends on direction as well as magnitude. when we move in a circle our displacment is zero. since our initial and final positions are the same. so yu see. are yu satisfied?