Displacement
Reason — If a body starts its motion from point A to B and comes back to the same after a certain time interval, the displacement is 0. Whereas, distance covered and speed will not be zero.
Question
For a particle in motion, which of the following quantity can be zero at any given instant? (a) Displacement (b) Distance (c) Speed (d) None of these
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