what can you tell me about distance and displacment and do u know any websites about it?
2007-09-25 03:40:52 · 3 answers · asked by Sara *Life is so unlike theory* 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Sure. Distance is how far something has travelled. Displacement is how far it's moved. They aren't always the same. If you walk to the mailbox and back, you've travelled maybe 20 meters (10 meters to the mailbox and 10 meters back) but your displacement is 0 since you're right back where you started.
Doug
2007-09-25 03:47:28 · answer #1 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
distance is the total path traversed by a moving body.
displacement is the straight line distance between the body's initial position and its final position.
distance is a scalar quantity, signified only by its magnitude e.g. 20 meters, 10 cm, 1 km
displacement is a vector quantity, it gives the both magnitude and the direction of the moving object e.g. 20 m, to the right 1 km, west
2007-09-25 03:54:28 · answer #2 · answered by eidnar 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
buy a physics text book..for class 9
2007-09-25 03:48:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋