Which of the following statements is correct about distance and displacement?

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The length of path covered by a moving object irrespective of the direction in which the object is moving is distance.

The shortest distance from the initial position of an object to its final position is displacement.

Distance is a scalar quantity and Displacement is a vector quantity.

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Detailed Solution

All of the given options regarding distance and displacement are correct.
The length of the path covered by a moving object irrespective of the direction in which the object is moving is called distance. It is a scalar quantity. It cannot be zero for a moving body. It is always greater than or equal to displacement. It is always positive.
The shortest distance from the initial position of an object to its final position is called displacement. It is a vector quantity. It can be zero if the object comes back to its starting point. It can be equal to distance only if the body travels in a straight line, otherwise it is always smaller than distance.

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