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If a body travels from position A to position B, the shortest distance between A and B is the displacement. So displacement is the length of the straight line joining A and B. The distance is the length of the path along which body has actually travelled to reach position B from position A. Hence displacement...
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If a body travels from position A to position B, the shortest distance between A and B is the displacement. So displacement is the length of the straight line joining A and B. The distance is the length of the path along which body has actually travelled to reach position B from position A. Hence displacement has only one value between two positions whereas distance travelled can have different values depending on path traversed. The displacement is a vector quantity having magnitude as well as direction whereas displacement has only magnitude. read less
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Distance tells you all the possible paths between any two points whereas displacement tells you the shortest path between the same points. Distance is a number and hence can be positive, zero or negative. (scalar quantity) whereas displacement is a direction(vector quantity) denoted by arrow mark on...
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Distance tells you all the possible paths between any two points whereas displacement tells you the shortest path between the same points. Distance is a number and hence can be positive, zero or negative. (scalar quantity) whereas displacement is a direction(vector quantity) denoted by arrow mark on top of the number. read less
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Displacement is the shortest path (under the usual Euclidean metric), that is, the directed straight line segment that joins the initial position to the final position of a particle whose motion is being investigated in a given period of time. Distance on the other hand is the total length of the path...
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Displacement is the shortest path (under the usual Euclidean metric), that is, the directed straight line segment that joins the initial position to the final position of a particle whose motion is being investigated in a given period of time. Distance on the other hand is the total length of the path of motion (that is the locus) of the particle. Displacement is thus a vector (under usual notion of "vectors" in physics) while distance is a scalar (under usual notion of "vectors" in physics). The reader should note that the notions of scalars and vectors in physics are somewhat vague and non-rigorous. There is a concept of vectors and scalars in mathematics also that is quite different from that of physics. read less
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Distance is a scalar quantity, whereas displacement is a vector quantity. Distance is defined as the total path length traversed by a body, whereas displacement is the shortest path length traversed by a body.
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Displacement is moving an object from one end to the other.where the things are displaced at proper place. Distance u push the thing at a short distant place.for example if u want to move the object like fridge then u will move it at a short distant but if u ha ve a light object u can easily displace...
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Displacement is moving an object from one end to the other.where the things are displaced at proper place. Distance u push the thing at a short distant place.for example if u want to move the object like fridge then u will move it at a short distant but if u ha ve a light object u can easily displace it from one place to another. read less
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The shortest path b/w two points is displacement where as distance is the route b/w them. displacement is a straight line path where as distance is not , displacement is a vector and distance is a scalar
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Moreover to these points.distance can have only positive values whereas displacement can have positive,negative and zero values. For example, the distance travelled by a body on a circular path is its circumference of the circle The displacement of the same body is zero
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Distance is a scalar quantity. It is the distance between two point, while displacement is a vector quantity and it is the shortest distance between two points.
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Shortest distance between 2 points is called displacement. Distance is the route between 2 points
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Distance is the length of the actual path travelled by an object in a given interval of time. But displacement is the shortest distance between the initial and the final position of a moving object in a particular direction.
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