Question

Distance can be negative.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is B

False

Distance cannot be negative as distance is the measure of path length from starting to finishing point. At least it can be 0 and not less than that. We have -ve displacement but the significance of -ve sign over there is to just give an idea of direction. We have defined convention as: if the body is displaced to right from its mean position then its displacement is +ve, if left then -ve, similarly if up then +ve if down then

-ve.refer the shown diagram for further clearance.