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What is the difference between 'distance traveled' by a body and its 'displacement'? Explain with the help of a diagram.
Difference between the distance and displacement:
| Distance | Displacement |
| The total length of the path traveled by an object or body is called the distance. | Displacement is the shortest length of the path. Or the Shortest length of the change in position of the object. |
| Distance only exhibits the magnitude of the length of the path. | Displacement tells the magnitude of the shortest length of the path and the direction of both. |
| Distance is a scalar quantity. | Displacement is a vector quantity. |
In the above figure, a body moves from A to B and then B to C.
Here, Distance $=AB+BC$
While the displacement $=AC$
Updated on: 10-Oct-2022
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