Which of the following statements contains a reference to displacement?
I. "The park is a five-mile drive along the country highway road"
II. "The village sits at an altitude of $940 m$ "
III. "The park is ten miles north, as the crow flies"

I only

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III only

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I and III only

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II and III only

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I, II, and III

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Solution

The correct option is D II and III only
As displacement is a vector quantity so it always has direction . In the given statements ,only $i i$ and $i i i$ statements have direction with magnitude therefore they represent displacement.Statement $i$ has not having direction so it is a scalar quantity ,distance.

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Which of the following statements contains a reference to displacement?I. "The park is a five-mile drive along the country highway road"II. "The village sits at an altitude of 940m"III. "The park is ten miles north, as the crow flies"

The correct option is D II and III onlyAs displacement is a vector quantity so it always has direction . In the given statements ,only ii and iii statements have direction with magnitude therefore they represent displacement.Statement i has not having direction so it is a scalar quantity ,distance.

Which of the following statements contains a reference to displacement?
I. "The park is a five-mile drive along the country highway road"
II. "The village sits at an altitude of $940 m$ "
III. "The park is ten miles north, as the crow flies"