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What is the difference between distance and displacement?


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Answered by mojo1
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DISTANCE:
length of a path between two points is called distance .
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DISPLACEMENT:
displacement is the shortest distance between two points which has magnitude and direction.
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Answered by Anonymous
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Distance:-

Distance is the length of the actual path traversed by a body, irrespective of its direction of motion.

Distance between two given given points may be same or different paths chosen.

It is a scalar quantity.

Distance covered is always positive or zero.

Displacement:-

Displacment is the shortest distance between the initial and final positions of a body in a given direction.

Displacement between two given points is always same.

It is a vector quantity.

Displacement covered may be positive, negative or zero.

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