Question

state whether distance is a scalar or a vector quantity?​

Answer 1

Answer:

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.

Answer 2

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Distance is a scalar quantity.

Scalar quantity - Scalar quantity are those quantities which needs only magnitude and no direction and follows simple / basic algebra.

Vector quantity - Vector quantity are those quantities which need both magnitude as well as direction and also follows the laws of vector algebra.

Distance is the actual paath covered by an object. So the direction is not required in the distance. Hence , distance is a scalar quantity.

Displacement is the shortest path covered by an object in a given direction. As direction is required for it it is a vector quantity.

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