Question: Can the displacement vector for a particle moving in two dimensions ever he longer than the length of path traveled by the particle over the

Can the displacement vector for a particle moving in two dimensions ever he longer than the length of path traveled by the particle over the same time interval? Can it ever be less? Discuss.

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