Distance and Displacement

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Mr.MP's first unit on distance and displacement.

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Vectors

A quantity that is fully described by both magnitude and direction.

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Scalar

A quantity that is fully described by magnitude alone.

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Distance

Accumulates the amount of total change of location over the course of a motion.

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Displacement

Only concerns itself with the initial and final position of the object (Calculating displacement is Final Position subtracted by initial position.)