2006-09-04 02:14:02 · 4 answers · asked by g-aNn 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Distance is the total length travelled (scalar quantity) while Displacement is the length from the origin to the present location (vector quantity).
2006-09-04 02:20:59 · answer #1 · answered by pure_oxygen16 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Distance is relative to an observer. Displacement is relative to an object's own previous location. For example, if a cat is sitting three feet from me, it has a distance of three feet. If the cat gets up and walks two feet directly away from me, it now has a distance from me of five feet, but it has a displacement in that time of just two feet. However, you could also say that it was "traveled a distance of two feet," because that phrase sets the observer at the cat's original location.
2006-09-04 02:18:39 · answer #2 · answered by DavidK93 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
distance is the actual distance travelled by a body...while displacement is the difference between the intial point and the final point.
Lets do this with an example
if say u jogged around a park straring frm a point teh totaldistance travelled would be say 2 miles...but since u hav returned to the place uv started....ur displacement wld b 0 miles because the diff between the intitial and final points is 0
miles...
i hope u v understood!!
2006-09-04 02:36:17 · answer #3 · answered by shraishra 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
distance is scalar
displacement is vector.
2006-09-04 02:54:22 · answer #4 · answered by CHIMPU 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋