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What is a scalar quantity?
A quantity that has magnitude (size).
What is a vector quantity?
A quantity that has both magnitude and direction.
Example of vector quantity...
Displacement, velocity, etc.
Example of a scalar quantity
Distance, mass, speed, etc.
Examples of direction...
North, South, East, etc.
What is distance?
How far an object has travelled in a set time.
What is distance measured in?
metres (m)
What is displacement?
The change in position of an object and its direction over a certain period of time.
What is displacement measured in?
metres (m)
What is the difference between distance and displacement?
Distance is the overall distance travelled (from A to B), displacement is the distance and direction from A to B following the shortest route.
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40 m
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0 m
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11 m
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5 m
Calculate the distanceā¦
7 m
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5 m
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