Question

what's difference between displacement and distance..

Answer 1

Distance :

1. distance travelled by a body is defined as the actual length of the path travelled by the body irrespective of its drection of motion.

2. Distance is a scalar quantity.

3. Distance is always taken as positive.

4. distance travelled by a body changes according to the path of the body.

Displacement :-

1. Displacement of a body is define as the shortest distance from initial to final position of the body.

2. Displacement is a vector quantily.

3. displacement can be positive, negative or zero.

4.Displacement of body does not depend on its path, but depends only on its initial and dinal positions.

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Answer 2

Distance 1= It is defined as the actual path traversed a body.
2= It is scalar quantity
3= It can never be negative or zero
Displacement 1= It is the shortest dirtance between two point by between which the body moves
2= It is a vector quantity
3= It can be negative, zero or positive