Question

state two points of differences between distance and displacement

Answer 1

Answer : -

Distance :

• It is the actual path covered by a body.
• It is scalar quantity.

Displacement :

• It is the minimum distance between two points.
• It is vector quantity.

Answer 2

Distance is a scalar quantity that refers to "how much ground an object has covered" during its motion. Displacement is a vector quantity that refers to "how far out of place an object is"; it is the object's overall change in position.

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