topic 1 - distance and displacement

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distance and displacement are…
measures how far something has travelled
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what are they measured in?
metres
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what type of quantity is distance?
a scalar quantity
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it is a scalar quantity because…
it only has magnitude
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what is displacement?
the shortest distance between two points 
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what type of quantity is displacement?
a vector quantity
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it is a vector quantity because…
it has magnitude and direction