Distance and Displacement

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Distance and Displacement: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Distance as Path Length and Displacement of Body

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The displacement x of particle moving in one dimension, under the action of a constant force is related to the time t by the equation t=x+3 where x is in meters and t in seconds. Find the displacement of the particle when its velocity is zero.

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A particle moves in a circle of radius R. Find its displacement and the distance covered for half the period of its revolution.

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A particle moving along the path y=x2, from x=0 m to x=2 m. Then the distance travelled by the particle is

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A disc is rolling without slipping on a surface. The radius of the disc is R. At t=0, the top most point on the disc is A as shown in figure. When the disc completes half of its rotation, the displacement of point A from its initial position is

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Two particles move from A to C and A to D on a circle of radius R and diameter AB. If the time taken by both particles are the same, then the ratio of magnitudes of their average velocities is

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In one second, a particle goes from point A to B moving in along circle shown in figure. The magnitude of its average velocity is

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A body is moving along the circumference of a circle of radius R and completes half of the revolution. Then, the ratio of the displacement to distance is 

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An insect can crawl on the floor. If it starts crawling from one corner of a cubical room of slde 'a' Minimum distance it would crawl to raech the furthermost corner in the room.

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A frog takes 5 leaps in forward direction and 2 leaps backward. A pot hole is 22 cm a head of the frog. If the distance covered in 1 leap is 1 cm. Find the distance travelled by frog before it falls in the pothole.

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An aeroplane is flying from city A to city B along path 1 . The path 1 is a circular arc whose centre coincides with the centre of the Earth. Another aeroplane is flying along path 2 from A to B. The path 2 is circular arc whose centre is at C.O is the centre of the Earth. Then,

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A person runs along a circular path of radius 5 m. If he completes half of the circle find the magnitude of the displacement vector. How far the person ran?

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Let x1 and x2 be the positions of an object at time t1 and t2. Then, its displacement, denoted by A, in time Δt =B, is given by the difference between the C and D position.
Here A,B,C and D refer to 

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The velocity-time graph of a particle in linear motion is shown. Both v and t are in SI units. What is the displacement of the particle from the origin after 8 second.

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Which of the given physical quantities can be zero?

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Brake is applied to a car moving at a velocity of 60 m/s. The takes  6sec to stop completely. The displacement of the car from the point the brakes were applied to the point it completely stopped will be_____.

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In a circular track of radius 5m, the magnitude of displacement after the half revolution will be_____.(Take π=3.14)

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If the radius of a circular track is 10 meters, then displacement after one complete revolution will be_____.

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Which of the following statement/s concerning distance and displacement is/are correct?

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When a car moves towards east 50 m then towards south 50 m, later on towards west 50 m, finally towards north 50 m, the displacement of the car in magnitude is

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The speed of particle moving along a straight line becomes half after every next second (in every on second speed is constant). The initial speed is v2. The total distance travelled by the particle will be