Question

state two points of difference between distance and displacement
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Answer 1

Answer:

• Distance is a scalar quantity
• Displacement is a vector quantity.

• distance may have change in direction .
• displacement doesn't have change in direction

• distance is actual path .
• displacement is shortest distance.

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Answer 2

Answer:

Distance :

• length of actual path travelled by object
• it is a scalar quantity
• it is always measured in positive
• it can be equal to displacement or greater than displacement

Displacement :

• shortest length between initial and final position of an object
• it is a vector quantity
• it can be positive or negative
• it can be equal to or less than distance