Distinguish between terms distance and displacement.

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Distinguish between terms distance and displacement.

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Distance is the length of the actual path traversed between its initial and final positions. It is a scalar quantity and can never be negative. Displacement is the shortest path between the initial and the final positions of the particle. It is a vector quantity and can be positive, negative or zero

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$(ii)$ During which interval of time its speed was more?

$(iii)$ Calculate the average speed of the car.

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Distinguish between terms distance and displacement.

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Write true or false for the following statements

A body is said to be at rest, if it does not change its position with respect to the reference point.

The position$-$time graph for the motion of a car is given below

$(i)$ How far the car tavelled in the time interval $2$ to $6 s ?$

$(ii)$ During which interval of time its speed was more?

$(iii)$ Calculate the average speed of the car.

$(a)$ When will you say a body is in

$(i)$ uniform motion $(ii)$ non$-$uniform motion ?

$(b)$ Show the path of an object when it is in uniform motion with the help of a graph.