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A physics book is moved once around the perimeter of a table of dimensions 1m by 3m.
If the book ends up at its initial position, what is magnitude of its displacement?

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AL2006

The magnitude of displacement =

                     the distance between start-point and end-point,
                     regardless of the route followed along the way.

Any motion that ends up where it started has zero displacement.

An object on a circular path starts over at zero displacement every time
it completes a full revolution.  So does a race-car on a track.