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Motion in Straight Line
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In which of the following examples of motion, can the body be considered approximately a point object: 

(a) a railway carriage moving without jerks between two stations

Answer

The size of a carriage is very small as compared to the distance between two stations. Therefore, the carriage can be treated as a point-sized object.

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Some More Questions From Motion in Straight Line Chapter

Can a body be in motion in the frame associated with the body itself?

When an object in motion can be considered as particle or point object?

Can you think of physical phenomena involving the moon in which moon cannot be treated as particle?

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Can a train be taken a particle? Give an example in support of your answer.

 A particle is moving along curved line in space. Is the motion one dimensional?

State which of the following are examples of one, two or three dimensional motion: 

(a) A kite flying in the sky.

(b) The earth revolving around the sun. 

(c) A train moving along the equator of the earth in clockwise direction. 

(d) Accelerated motion of a particle in a straight line.

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Define displacement.

Can magnitude of displacement be greater than distance travelled by particle?