Question

Distance is always taken as

• A. positive
• B. negative
• C. zero
• D. any of these

Answer 1

The correct option is A

positive

1. Distance covered by an object is the actual path covered by an object.
2. It does not depend on the direction of motion.
3. In the above diagram, the path ABCDEFG is the distance covered by an object to reach from A to G.
4. The distance covered has only magnitude and it is a scalar quantity.
5. For a moving body, the distance covered is always positive.

Hence, the correct answer is (A) positive.