Question

Difference between Distance and displacement....

Answer 1

Distance => The actual path travelled is called Distance. It is scaler quantity. It is always positive and cannot be zero...

Displacement => The shortest straight line path travelled between the initial and final positon is called Displacement. It is vector quantity. It can be positive, negative or zero

Answer 2

Distance..........

1 ) It is the length of actual path travelled by the body in the given interval of time .

2 ) It is a scalar quantity .

3 ) Distance travelled by the body is always positive .

Displacement..........

1 ) It is the shortest distance between initial position and final position .

2 ) It is a vector quantity .

3 ) Displacement of a body may be positive , negative or zero .