automobiles are fitted with a device that shows the distance travelled such a device known as odometer.a car is driving from chandigarh to new delhi the diffrence between the final reading and intial reading of the odometer is 300km. find the magnitude of displacement between the chandigarh and new delhi using the road map of india.

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Solution

The odometer tells us about the distance covered by the car. The straight line distance between Delhi and Chandigarh is 243 km. Thus, the magnitude of displacement of the car is 243 km.

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