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In the One Dimensional Movement Experiment, a "smart cart" moves on a rail (no incline). It can move in a forward and backward direction. To describe and graphically interpret the movements of the car these are represented as Position vs. Time
TRUE - Position vs. Time graph is used to plot the position of an object at different time. It tells us the exact location at given time
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If a car moves from its position at rest 0m to 2m towards the positive axis of x. Then from position 2m it moves 5 meters to the negative x axis. Finally it moves 3m towards the positive direction of x. Therefore the displacement of the car on the track without inclination was 0m.
TRUE - do not confuse displacement with distance, displacement only depends on initial and final position, First we moved from 0 to 2 , then we moved backwards by 5 m means we moved 3 m additional and then we move 3 m to the right means we are back to where we started, so initial and final positions are same, so displacement is zero,