It cannot be greater than the magnitude of the distance travelled by an object, but it can be smaller than the magnitude of the distance travelled by an object or , it may be equal to the distance travelled by the object. (a) is not true. Displacement can be zero.
Q. What is the formula for distance and displacement?
Calculate the displacement of the cyclist. Solution 1: Circumference of the circle is given, C= 2(4km) = 8 km….Distance and Displacement.
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- Q. What is the formula for distance and displacement?
- Q. What is the displacement covered by an object over a complete round trip?
- Q. What is the quantity which is measured by the area occupied?
- Q. Which of the following statements is correct about displacement?
- Q. What does the path of an object look like when it is in uniform motion?
- Q. When you will say a body is in uniform acceleration?
- Q. What is the slope of the path of a body when it is in uniform motion?
- Q. What is the shape of the path of?
- Q. What is state of motion How can a force change the state of motion?
| Distance | Displacement |
|---|---|
| 3) It is a scalar quantity. | 3) It is a vector quantity. |
| 4) Distance doesn’t decrease with time. | 4) It decreases with time. |
Q. What is the displacement covered by an object over a complete round trip?
Explanation: The satellite made a complete round trip, so it came back to its starting position. Displacement is the change in position of an object from its starting position. Hence displacement is 0.
Q. What is the quantity which is measured by the area occupied?
“Displacement” is the quantity which is measured by the area occupied under the velocity time graph distance.
Q. Which of the following statements is correct about displacement?
Option A is correct. Explanation: Displacement can be zero. Like when a object starts from point A and goes around and comes again on point A than the displacement is zero.
Q. What does the path of an object look like when it is in uniform motion?
In uniform motion, the object moves along a straight path i.e. the path of object is a straight line.
Q. When you will say a body is in uniform acceleration?
(i) A body is said to be in uniform acceleration if it travels in a straight line and its velocity increases or decreases by equal amounts in equal time intervals. (ii) A body is said to be in non-uniform acceleration if the rate of change of its velocity is not constant, that is differs in different time intervals.
Q. What is the slope of the path of a body when it is in uniform motion?
Slope decreases with time. When a body is moving with a uniform retardation and its initial velocity is not zero. As θ > 90°, graph has a negative slope.
Q. What is the shape of the path of?
A body is said to be in uniform motion, if it travels equal distances in equal intervals of time, no matter how small these time intervals may be. The path of the body may be straight line or curved or zig-zag. Its direction may differ but its magnitude remains fixed.
Q. What is state of motion How can a force change the state of motion?
To summarize, a force is a push, pull, or dragging on an object that affects the object’s state of motion. The force may also cause a combination of the above effects, it may both accelerate/ decelerate and change the direction of the object. Force in real life most often affects both speed and direction of the motion.
