Question

differences between distance and displacement. ​

Answer 1

Distance is a scalar quantity and displacement is a vector quantity. ... Displacement is measured with reference to a specific point. It is a straight line from the starting point (origin) to the end point. It is therefore also the shortest distance between two points.

Answer 2

Answer:

Distance and Displacement

⬇️Distance is a scalar quantity, which means the distance of any object does not depend on the direction of its motion.

⬇️ The distance of an object can be defined as the complete path travelled by an object.

⬇️E.g.: if a car travels east for 5 km and takes a turn to travel north for another 8 km, the total distance travelled by car shall be 13 km.

⬇️The distance can never be zero or negative and it is always more than the displacement of the object.

⬇️The distance of the object gives complete information about the path travelled by the object.

Explanation:-

⬇️Displacement is a vector quantity, which means that the displacement of an object depends on the direction of the motion of the object.

⬇️The displacement of an object can be defined as the overall motion of the object or the minimum distance between the starting point of the object and the final position of the object.

⬇️E.g.: if we consider the same example as given earlier, the total displacement of the object will be the length of the line joining the two positions.

⬇️ The displacement of an object is usually shorter or equal to the distance travelled by the object.

⬇️ The displacement of the object does not give the proper information about the path travelled by the object.

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