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if a body from point A travels a distance of 1 km to point B and again travels back to point A but with a slight angle deviation, then will there be any displacement?

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Solution

Let it deviates by small angle θ.

therefore
tan θ = displacementAB Ab = 1 kmfor small angle tan θ θθ displacement

So, displacement will be equal to the amount of angle by which it is deviated.

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