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Standard IX
Physics
Distance
Distance trav...
Question
Distance travelled is always _______.
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Solution
The actual length of the path traveled by a body throughout the course of a journey, without taking into account its direction, is known as
distance
.
Distance is a scalar quantity which means it is described using the only magnitude.
The value of the distance is always
positive
as the distance traveled cannot decrease which means it cannot be a negative value.
Therefore, distance travelled is always
positive
.
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