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The actual length covered by a moving body in between two points irrespective of the direction in which the body is moving is called distance displacement is the shrtest distance between two points
The units of both distance and displacement are metre and centimeter
A man leaves his house at 5.00 a.m. for a morning walk for 2km and returns at 6.00. a.m. What is his displacement traversed by him in this time?

A

4 km

B

8 km

C

2 km

D

zero

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