Give one example when displacement is zero while the distance is not-zero ?

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Solution

Displacement can be zero whereas distance cannot.
Example :
When a ball is thrown vertically upwards from A on the ground, after some time it comes back to the same point A.
When a body is made to move one rotation in a circular path its displacement is zero.

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