Is it possible that the displacement of a body is zero but not the distance?

Yes. Suppose a body is moving in a closed path. In such a case, the initial and final positions of the body is same. So, the overall displacement is zero. But, the body has travelled through various lengths to reach the same point. So, the overall distance is not zero.

For example, a man goes out of his house and returns after 5 hours after completing a distance of 10 km. In this case, the distance he travelled is 10 km but the displacement is zero.

[Read: Motion in a Straight Line]

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A body reaches a certain height when thrown with a certain velocity. What is the height reached if the velocity is doubled?

A body travels one half of a distance with uniform velocity v1 and the other half with uniform velocity v2. Find the magnitude of the average velocity.

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