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प्रश्न
Explain the following concept in your own words with everyday examples:
Distance
उत्तर
It is the actual path length covered by an object during its motion. It is a scalar quantity.
For example, when we go to a mall for shopping from our house and then return to the house, the distance travelled by us would be twice the distance between our house and the mall.
संबंधित प्रश्न
A boy walks from his classroom to the bookshop along a straight corridor towards North. He covers a distance of 20 m in 25 seconds to reach the bookshop. After buying a book, he travels the same distance in the same time to reach back in the classroom. Find (a) average speed, and (b) average velocity, of the boy.
In which of the following cases of motion, the distance moved and the magnitude of displacement are equal?
State how the velocity-time graph can be used to find The distance travelled by the body in a given time
From the displacement-time graph of a cyclist given below in the Figure, find The displacement from the initial position at the end of 10 s,
Define Displacement.
Give the name of the physical quantity that corresponds to the rate of change of displacement.
Geetha takes 15 minutes from her house to reach her school on a bicycle. If the bicycle has a speed of 2 m/s, calculate the distance between her house and the school.
Which of the following is correct?
An ant moves from one corner of a room diagonally to the opposite corner. If the dimensions of the hall are 8m x 6m, the displacement of the ant is ______.
Assertion: If the displacement of the body is zero, the distance covered by it may not be zero.
Reason: Displacement is a vector & distance is a scalar quantity.
