Distance and Displacement − Differences Distance Displacement 1. Distance is the length of the path travelled. 1. Displacement is the straight-line distance between the initial and final positions. 2. Distance is a scalar quantity. It has only magnitude. 2. Displacement is a vector quantity. It has both magnitude and direction. 3. Distance is always positive. Its minimum value can be zero. 3. Displacement can be positive, negative or zero. 4. Distances can be added algebraically to find the total distance travelled. 4. The net displacement is a vector addition of individual displacements. 5. Whenever there is a linear motion, there is a distance travelled. 5. A body may undergo a linear motion without any displacement. Here are some differences about DISTANCEANDDISPLACEMENT,I want to understand about its 3rd and 4th defination
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you've have a graph okay, the distance traveled is always summed up that means you have no chance for it to go into negative. but in that same graph if that object travels towards left? now the value's negative right? so there's a possibility for this to go negative but not distance.
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there's nothing to get confused about, just remember this :
net displacement = vector addition of individual displacements.
you've have a graph okay, the distance traveled is always summed up that means you have no chance for it to go into negative. but in that same graph if that object travels towards left? now the value's negative right? so there's a possibility for this to go negative but not distance.
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there's nothing to get confused about, just remember this :
net displacement = vector addition of individual displacements.
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