Is it true that distance travelled by an object can be negative?

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Detailed Solution

The above statement is false.
Distance travelled by an object is the total path travelled. The actual path is always positive but not negative or zero. For example, if an object covers

50 m

, it is said that the distance travelled by an object is

50 m

. If it is at rest and the distance travelled by an object is

0 m

. Distance is a scaler quantity which has magnitude but not direction. So every time the object moves in any direction, its magnitude keeps on adding to the previous one.
Therefore the correct statement would be distance travelled by an object can not be negative.

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