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Give an example in which there are clear distinctions among distance traveled, displacement, and magnitude of displacement. Specifically identify each quantity in your example.

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QUESTION:

Give an example in which there are clear distinctions among distance traveled, displacement, and magnitude of displacement. Specifically identify each quantity in your example.

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In the given problem we need to clearly distinguish among distance travelled, displacement and magnitude of displacement using an example.

Let us consider a man starting his walking from initial position \(x_{i}\) in the south direction moves 2km and turns around. Again moves 1km to reach the final position \(x_{f}\).

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