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Take a metre scale and a long rope. Walk from one corner A of a basketball court to its opposite corner Calong its sides AB and AC. Measure the distance covered by you and magnitude of the displacement. What difference would you notice between the two in this case ?

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Solution :
`to` The DISTANCE covered = A to B and B to C = AB + BC
Displacement = A to C = AC Here, AC `lt` AB + BC Hence, the displacement is less than the distance covered.


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