Is the displacement zero?
Classical Mechanics
Level
1
A boy goes for a walk in a garden and returns back home an hour later. Is the boy's displacement zero?
Can't be determined
Yes
No
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1 solution
We know that displacement is a vector that is the shortest distance between the initial and the final point . In the given case , the initial and the final points are the same . And so , the shortest distance between them is zero . Therefore , Yes is the correct option.