Question

Define the term displacement. Is it a vector quantity Or a scalar quantity?​

Answer 1

${\huge{\bf{\pink{\mathfrak{\boxed{\boxed{Heya}}}}}}}$

Dɪsᴘʟᴀᴄᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ :

➣ It is the shortest distance covered from initial position to the final position.

➣ It is a vector quantity as it depends on the direction in which the given object is moving.

${\huge{\bf{\green{\mathfrak{\underline{\underline{Example}}}}}}}$

➣Dɪsᴘʟᴀᴄᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ ɪs ᴅᴇғɪɴᴇᴅ ᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇ ɪɴ ᴘᴏsɪᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ᴀɴ ᴏʙᴊᴇᴄᴛ. Iᴛ ɪs ᴀ ᴠᴇᴄᴛᴏʀ ϙᴜᴀɴᴛɪᴛʏ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴀs ᴀ ᴅɪʀᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴀɢɴɪᴛᴜᴅᴇ. Iᴛ ɪs ʀᴇᴘʀᴇsᴇɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴀs ᴀɴ ᴀʀʀᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛs ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ sᴛᴀʀᴛɪɴɢ ᴘᴏsɪᴛɪᴏɴ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ғɪɴᴀʟ ᴘᴏsɪᴛɪᴏɴ. Fᴏʀ Exᴀᴍᴘʟᴇ- Iғ ᴀɴ ᴏʙᴊᴇᴄᴛ ᴍᴏᴠᴇs ғʀᴏᴍ A ᴘᴏsɪᴛɪᴏɴ ᴛᴏ B, ᴛʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏʙᴊᴇᴄᴛ's ᴘᴏsɪᴛɪᴏɴ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇs.

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Answer 2

Explanation:

Displacement :- The short distance covered from intial position to the final postion.

It's a vector quantity

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