Question

Difference between displacement and distance with examples​

Answer 1

Answer:

Distance is the total path covered by the body and displacement is the shortest path covered by the body. The distance can never be zero but displacement can be. Distance can never be negative and displacement can be both i.e., positive or negative. Distance doesn't decrease with time whereas displacement decreases.

Explanation:

Example for Distance and Displacement: The length of the straight line segment joining the points A and B (the black line) is the displacement of the object moving from A to B

Answer 2

Answer:

Example for Distance and Displacement: The length of the straight line segment joining the points A and B (the black line) is the displacement of the object moving from A to B.

Distance

2) It can never be negative or zero, always positive

displacement

2) It can be positive, negative or zero depending on the context.

Explanation:

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