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Differentiate between distance and displacement |
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Answer» Displacement is the shortest path between final and initial point Distance: it is the actual path travelled by the body during course of motion* sI unit is metreDimension [m°L1T°] \t\xa0Distance Displacement1. It is the length of path traversed by the object in a certain time. \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa02. It is a scalar quantity that is it has only the magnitude.\xa03. It depends on the path followed by the object.\xa04. It is always positive.\xa0\xa05. It can be more than or equal to the magnitude of displacementIt is the distance traveled by the object in a specified direction in a certain time (that is the distance between the final and initial positions).\xa0It is a vector quantity that is it has both the magnitude and direction.\xa0It does not depend on the path followed by the object.\xa0It can be positive, negative and even zero.\xa0Its magnitude can be less than or equal to the distance\t Short length is known as distance while longer one is known as displacement |
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