For an object moving in a straight line, choose the incorrect statement.
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D
and |displacement| 
distance
Distance is always increasing for an object moving in any direction. If an object is at rest, then the distance is not further covered, and is constant in that interval.
When an object moves from 
to 
, and again, to 
, its displacement is zero but distance is 
.
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