Question

Q.Differentiate between distance and displacement. ​

Answer 1

Answer:

distance is path covered in any direction

while displacement is also path cover but in a particular direction.

for example, if I say move 50m ,then u go in any direction or you ask me before moving and if I say move 50m towards east you go in that particular direction .

Hope you understand

Answer 2

Distance

• It is the length of the actual path by object, irrespective of its direction of motion.

• Distance is a scalar quantity.

• Distance covered can never be negative. it is always positive or zero.

• Distance between two given points may be same or different path chosen.

Displacement

• Displacement is the shortest distance between the initial and final positions of an object in a given direction.

• Displacement is a vector quantity.

• Displacement may be positive, negative or zero.

• Displacement between two given points is always the same.