What is the difference between the distance carried by a body and it's displacement. Explain with example
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distance is the total length covered by the body while displacement is the shortest route between 2 points irrespective of the obstacles.
distance is a scalar quantity while displacement is a vector quantity
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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.
Displacement is the minimum distance between two places.
Example :
In the above picture,
The distance between two places can be 12 +5 = 17 cm.
The displacement between two places can be 13 cm
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