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A BODY TRAVELS A DISTANCE OF 3 KM TOWARDS EAST,THEN 4 KM TOWARDS NORTH AND FINALLY 9 KM TOWARDS EAST. FIND THE THE TOTAL DISTANCE TRAVELLED AND RESULTANT DISPLACEMENT.

WHAT IS RESULTANT DISPLACEMENT.

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15 Years agoGrade
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Profile image of omkar deepak borkar
15 Years ago

Distance Travelled is the total distance covered by the vehicle.

Resultant Displacement is the distance between the starting point and the ned point of the journey.

in this example:

distance travelled=16km

resultant displacement=8root3km

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