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A body completes two revolutions around a circular path of radius R. What is the ratio of its displacement to the distance it has travelled?

Correct answer A. 0

Explanation

After whole revolutions the body is back at its starting point, so its displacement is zero, while the distance covered is 4πR; their ratio is therefore zero.

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