Distance VS. Displacement

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Distance

Total path length that the object travelled between two points.

Expressed in scalar quantity which means it can be described by its magnitude and unit.

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Displacement

The measure of an object's change in position and define as the straight-line distance from its starting point to its end.

Expressed in vector quantity which means it can be described by its magnitude, unit, and direction.

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To get distance:

Determine the sum of all the path lengths that the object covers.

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To get displacement:

Measure the change in the object's position using a straight line.

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