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A body is thrown vertically upward, reaches the maximum height h. It then return to the ground calculate the distance travelled and displacement​

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the distance and displacement are the same since the only force that affects it is gravity (unless there are other unmentioned forces) since it has reached a maximum height of h it will travel back that same height to the ground thus the distance and displacement are equal to that height of h.
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