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Under what condition will the distance and displacement of a moving object have the same magnitude?


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  1. Displacement is a vector quantity, thus, it has both magnitudes as well as direction.
  2. In a straight-line motion, the displacement and the direction become equal as the magnitude of displacement is equal to the distance.

Thus, the distance and displacement of a moving object have the same magnitude when the body is moving in a straight-line path.


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