Under what circumstances does distance traveled equal magnitude of displacement? what is the only case in which magnitude of displacement and displacement are exactly the same?

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Cierra Olsen

8 January, 08:16

Under what circumstances does distance traveled equal magnitude of displacement? what is the only case in which magnitude of displacement and displacement are exactly the same?

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Deon Daugherty · Answer 1

We know that the total path covered by an object is called its distance covered while the shortest path covered by it is called its displacement. The distance of an object cannot be equal to 0 but the displacement can. When an object moves in a straight line and not come back to its initial position, its magnitude of displacement and distance will always be equal.

Noemi Booth · Answer 2

if both are in the same straight line.