Question

distinguish between distance and displacement?​

Answer 1

Answer: Distance:- 1. It is the actual length of path followed by the body while moving between two positions. .

2. It has only magnitude - it is a scalar quantity

Displacement :- 1. It is the linear distance between the initial and final positions of a body.

2. It has both magnitude and direction - it is a vector quantity.

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Answer 2

Distance vs. Displacement: What's the Difference?

• A scalar quantity is distance, but a vector quantity is displacement.
• The overall path taken by the body is measured in distance, whereas the shortest path taken by the body is measured in displacement.
• The distance between two points will never be 0, but the displacement will.
• Displacement can be either positive or negative, but distance cannot be negative.
• Displacement diminishes as time passes, but distance does not.
• The displacement is always larger than or equal to the distance.