Question

what is the difference between distance and displacement?​

Answer 1

Answer:Distance is a scalar quantity and displacement is a vector quantity. ... Displacement is measured with reference to a specific point. It is a straight line from the starting point (origin) to the end point. It is therefore also the shortest distance between two points

Answer 2

Answer:

Distance is a scalar quantity and displacementis a vector quantity.

Displacement is measured with reference to a specific point. It is a straight line from the starting point (origin) to the end point. It is therefore also the shortestdistance between two points.