When is the displacement of a moving body negative?Illastrate it.Can the distance travelled by a body be negative?

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When is the displacement of a moving body negative?Illastrate it.Can the distance travelled by a body be negative?

Dear Student Displacement of moving body is negative when the body is moving in negative directionmeans in -x axis as it is vector quantity it can be negativeDistance can never be negative as it is a scalar quantity it only depends onthe magnitude.REGARDS