Distance and Displacement
Distance and Displacement: Overview
This topic explains concepts such as Distance, Displacement, Distance and Displacement of Circular Path, etc.
Important Questions on Distance and Displacement
An ant travels from P to Q and then moves from Q to R (as shown in the diagram). Show its resultant displacement in the diagram.

A person moves on a semicircular track of radius If he starts at one end of the track and reaches the other end, find the magnitude of displacement of the person.

A, B and C starts cycling around a circular path in the same direction at same time. Circumference of the path is . If the speed of A is , speed of B is and C is and they start from the same point, then after what time interval they will be together at the starting point?

Suppose you are walking along the circumference of a circular ground and you have followed the same times. What will be your displacement in that case?

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

A person moves on a semicircular track of radius . If he starts at one end of the track and reaches the other end, Find the magnitude of displacement of the person.

A person moves on a semicircular track of radius . If he starts at one end of the track and reaches the other end, find the magnitude of displacement of the person.

A particle moves on a circular path. The ratio of distance covered to displacement, when a particle covers a quarter of the circular path will be

A particle is moving in a circle as shown in figure.
(i) What is the distance travelled by the particle from P to R?
(ii) What is the distance travelled by the particle from P to P?
(iii) Find the dispalcement from R to P.
(iv) Find the displacement from R to R.

A monkey can climb in one minute. After half an hour how high can be reached?

Akhil walks from A to B to C to D to E. The magnitude of displacement of Akhil is . What is the distance travelled by akhil?

An athlete covers three rounds on a circular track of radius . Calculate total distance and displacement

A particle moves from point and take four rounds at the top and return to point . Then it goes to point and and moves half circle. Find the total distance covered by the particle.

walks due East, then due North, then due South and then due West and then after relaxing for sometime walks a metre southwards. In which direction and distance is he from the starting point?

A farmer moves along the boundary of a square field of side in . What will be the magnitude of displacement of the farmer at the and of and from his initial position.

A particle moves along the circumference of a circle of radius when it completes one rotation.

A particle is in motion for some time. Which of the following can be zero?

If the distance travelled by an object is zero, then the displacement of the object is

A car moving along straight line covers of total distance with speed and remaining part of distance with speed . The average velocity of car over entire distance is

The numerical ratio of displacement to distance covered by a moving object is:
