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What is magnitude of displacement?
Magnitude of displacement means the size of the displacement without regard to its direction (i.e., just a number with a unit).
For example, A boy starts walking from his home to reach school, first, he goes straight 10m, then 20m left, then 100m right and he arrives at school.
Here, total distance is 10+20+100 = 130m, but the displacement will be less than the distance, as displacement is the shortest distance between the initial and final point.
130 is the magnitude and 'm' is the unit.
Updated on: 10-Oct-2022
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