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WHAT IS THE COMPARISON BETWEEN DISTANCE AND DISPLACEMENT...!!!!!

WHAT IS THE COMPARISON BETWEEN DISTANCE AND DISPLACEMENT...!!!!!

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Pawan Prajapati
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3 years ago
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Distance is the scalar value of how far an object has traveled regardless of direction.
Displacement is the vector value of how far an object has been displaced, meaning how far is it from where it started.
The better way to describe the difference between displacement and distance is here.
1. Displacement is the directed line segment between initial and final position of a moving body.
2. Distance is the total length of path traversed by the moving body irrespective of direction.

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