Question

Is the displacement is scalar quantity?

Answer 1

No, Displacement is a vector quantity.

This is because Displacement depends on magnitude and direction.

On the other hand, Scalar quantity depends only on magnitude.


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Answer 2

Displacement is a vector magnitude. This is explained because it is important to know "where the displacement occurs", which would be equivalent to the direction and direction of the vector. Just realize that it is not the same move from your home to school than from school to your home. Or that it is not the same to move 5 m to the north that 5 m upwards.

As counterpart is the scalar magnitude "distance". An example. If you move 10 m to the north and then return 2 m to the south, the distance traveled will be 12 m (it is a scalar), but your displacement will be a vector of 8 m, north direction south, and north direction. The arrow departs at the starting point, and ends at the arrival point

When the movement is rectilinear in one direction, the distance will be the displacement module.
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