Question

Distinguish between Distance and displacement. (3 points) (3M)​

Answer 1

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ᴅɪsᴛᴀɴᴄᴇ ɪs ᴀ sᴄᴀʟᴀʀ ǫᴜᴀɴᴛɪᴛʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʀᴇғᴇʀs ᴛᴏ "ʜᴏᴡ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ɢʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴀɴ ᴏʙᴊᴇᴄᴛ ʜᴀs ᴄᴏᴠᴇʀᴇᴅ" ᴅᴜʀɪɴɢ ɪᴛs ᴍᴏᴛɪᴏɴ. ᴅɪsᴘʟᴀᴄᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ ɪs ᴀ ᴠᴇᴄᴛᴏʀ ǫᴜᴀɴᴛɪᴛʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʀᴇғᴇʀs ᴛᴏ "ʜᴏᴡ ғᴀʀ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏғ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ ᴀɴ ᴏʙᴊᴇᴄᴛ ɪs"; ɪᴛ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ᴏʙᴊᴇᴄᴛ's ᴏᴠᴇʀᴀʟʟ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇ ɪɴ ᴘᴏsɪᴛɪᴏɴ.

Answer 2

Answer:

distance is a scalar quantity that refers to " how much ground an object has covered" during its motion

displacement is a vector quantity that refers to" how far out of place an object is " it is the object overall change in position

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