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Write different between distance and dis placement

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Answered by tanujpadaliya
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Answer:

distance is a scalar quantity. meaning how much ground an object has covered. displacement is a vector quantity. meaning how far out an object has gone

Answered by priya24092005
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Answer:

Distance

it is a scalar quantity.

it is the length of the path while moving from initial position to final position.

SI unit is metre.

displacement

  1. displacement is the shortest distance between the initial position and the final position of the body.
  2. it is a vector quantity.
  3. it can be positive or negative depending on the reference.
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