A boy hits a football high up into the air he runs and catches the football before it hits the ground. Which of the two, the boy, or Football has had greater displacement?

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The shortest distance between initial and final positions is called displacement.
In this situation, the initial and final position of football and boy is the same.
Therefore, the two of them have equal displacements.

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A boy hits a football high up into the air he runs and catches the football before it hits the ground. Which of the two, the boy, or Football has had greater displacement?

The shortest distance between initial and final positions is called displacement.In this situation, the initial and final position of football and boy is the same.Therefore, the two of them have equal displacements.

The shortest distance between initial and final positions is called displacement.
In this situation, the initial and final position of football and boy is the same.
Therefore, the two of them have equal displacements.