Get Answers to all your Questions

header-bg qa

Which statement is not true for the distance of a moving particle?
 

Option: 1

it is the length of the actual path between the initial and the final position


Option: 2

Distance travelled along a circular path of radius 'r' is zero


Option: 3

Distance for a particle is always positive


Option: 4

Distance travelled along half circular path of radius 'r' is '\pi'


Answers (1)

best_answer

 

 

Distance and displacement -

  1. Distance or Path length

  • Length of actual path between the initial and final positions of the body.

  • E.g. Distance travelled along circle for one complete rotation is 2\pi r

So  Distance travelled along a circular path of radius 'r' is not zero

Posted by

Shailly goel

View full answer

JEE Main high-scoring chapters and topics

Study 40% syllabus and score up to 100% marks in JEE