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What is the difference between Distance and Displacement ?

Posted by #Aditi~ Angel???? 6 years, 4 months ago

CBSE > Class 11 > Physics

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Tanashri Wagh 6 years, 4 months ago

Distance is the path covered by the body.It is scalar quantity. It depends upon path of travelling.SI unit meter and cgs unit centimeter. Displacement is the distance from initial to final point.it is vector quantity. It depends upon position of the body. SI unit meter and cgs unit centimeter

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Kung Fu ?? 6 years, 4 months ago

All is well

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Robinpreet Kaur 6 years, 4 months ago

Distance means total path and displacement means shortest path.

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Dinesh V 6 years, 4 months ago

DISTANCE: Distance is the actual path travelled by a body in some direction . DISPLACEMENT: It is length travelled by a body from its mean position. That is the distance travelled from the starting position and the end position of distance travelled by the body.

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Suresh Singla 6 years, 4 months ago

The actual path length covered by a body is called distance where the shortest distance that is made by joining the inital and final point of body called displacement

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Amisha Meena 6 years, 4 months ago

Distance=scalar quantity Displacement =vector quantity

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Gopal Singh 6 years, 4 months ago

Distance=the actual path length is called distance. Displacement=the shortest path length is called displacement.

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