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Question
What is the major difference between distance and displacement?
Options
Distance is always longer
Distance has no direction, displacement does
Distance is a vector
They use different units
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Solution
Distance has no direction, displacement does
Explanation:
- Distance is a scalar, it tells you how much ground is covered, but not in which direction.
- Displacement is a vector, it tells you the straight-line change in position with direction.
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