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Assume your school is located 2 km away from your home. In the morning you are going to school and in the evening you come back home. In this entire trip what is the distance travelled and the displacement covered?

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The displacement covered is zero. It is because your initial and final positions are the same. But the distance travelled is 4 km.
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