A boy walks 3 m due east and then 4 m due north

PHYSICS · Subjective · CBSE · Physics · Motion · Motion

Problem

A boy walks 3 m due east and then 4 m due north. Without doing any numerical calculation, identify which of the two quantities—distance covered or magnitude of displacement—is greater and briefly explain why.

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