Question

What is the difference between distance and displacement?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

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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Answer 2

Explanation:

Distance is defined as the actual path covered by an moving object in a given time interval.

• It is a scaler quantity.

• It is always positive.

Whereas displacement is defined as the shortest path covered by an object or body.

• It is a vector quantity.

• It can be positive, negative or zero.

Let's take an example to understand this:

An athlete makes a complete round of a circular track of radius 10m.

Here, distance = circumference of circle = 2πr

Therefore,

Distance = 2 × 22/7 × 10

Distance = 22/(7*5)

Distance = 22/35

Hence, the distance covered by him is 22/35 m.

Since, the athelete make a complete round of a circular track. So, his displacement is zero as the initial and final positions are same.