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What is displacement?

Distance is a measure of how far an object has travelled from its starting point, or how far away it is.Distance is the same as length and is measured in metres.

What is the Difference between Distance and Displacement?

Displacement (like distance above) is also a measure of how far an object has travelled from its starting point but displacement also tells you the direction of the object. Distance is a scalar and displacement is a vector.



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