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You wake up at 5:30am, then after taking bath, etc, you go to school, come back, then play in the evening, study in the night, and go to bed, and again wake up at 5:30am the next morning. The displacement of your in this 24hduration is zero.


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Solution

The correct option is A True

Displacement:

  • It is defined as the shortest distance between the initial and the final position of an object.
  • It is a vector quantity.

Calculating the displacement in the given 24h:

  • The initial time is 5:30am and the final time is 5:30amof the next morning.
  • Since the initial and final positions are the same i.e bed, hence the displacement is zero.
  • Thus, the displacement of your in this 24h duration is zero.

Hence, the given statement is True.


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