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A person walks from station A to station B. Then comes back to station A along the same path and walks upto C in the same direction. Where AB=AC=DM. Calculate total distance and displacement covered by the person ?

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Solution

Total distance=AB+AB+AC=3DM
Displacement=distance between initial position and final position=AC=DM

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