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How are distance and displacement different?

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Displacement is a vector quantity because it is has both magnitude and direction, while distance is a scalar quantity because it has only magnitude without direction.

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How are distance and displacement similar and how is it different?
Distance is a "scalar". A scalar is a mathematical idea used to explain something in terms of its magnitude. On the other side, displacement is a "vector". Vector is a mathematical term used to...
How is distance and displacement different?
distance is the measure of the length between two points where as displacement is the shortest distance between the points.
Displacement is different from distance because?
Well distance is the total lengh travelled but displacement is the distance from the starting point to the ending point(when you join the 2 points)
What is the different distance and displacement?
Displacement is the vector for position and is a measure of distance from origin to end. Distance is the sum of its distance along any path it took to get from origin to end.
How can displacement and distance be two different things?
distance is the measure of the length between two points where as displacement is the shortest distance between the points.

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