Is it possible, the displacement can be greater than the distance travelled by an object?

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No, aa for euclidean space, the displacement is always greater than or equal to the distance travelled as goes by it's definition that it is the shortes way possible to reach from point A to point B. And hence in euclidean geometry, turns out to be the straight line or the vector connecting the points...
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No, aa for euclidean space, the displacement is always greater than or equal to the distance travelled as goes by it's definition that it is the shortes way possible to reach from point A to point B. And hence in euclidean geometry, turns out to be the straight line or the vector connecting the points A and B. read less
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Displacement is always less than or equal to the distance. If in opposite direction it is always less than distance. If it is in same direction it may be equal to distance but never can be greater than the the distance.
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No, displacement is the shortest distance between two points.
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No,because the displacement is always less than or equal to distance
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No,not possible displacement can be less or equal to the distance but cannot be greater than distance. Displacement is the shortest distance between two points .
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no. displacement is always less than or equal to the distance travelled
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