Question

distinguish between distance traveled and displacement

Answer 1

Answer:

So, the distance tells us, how much path is traveled by the body, during motion and the displacement gives us an idea of how far the body is from its starting point, and that too in which direction.

Displacement means the change in position of someone or something, in a particular direction. 

We define distance as a scalar expression; that implies how much area is covered by an object while travelling from one location to another.

Answer 2

distance: (a) the distance is a path that travelled by an object.

(b) distance is a skalar.

(c) distance is always positive.

displacement: (a) the displacement is the shortest path between the initial and final position.

(b) displacement is a vector.

(c) displacement can be positive,zero and negative.