Distance and displacement......... Physics, Laws of motion

Distance is the path covered by the body

Distance is a scalar quantity

It is dependent on path followed by object

Displacement is the shortest distance covered by the body

It is a vector quantity

It is independent on the path followed by the object

Displacement is defined as the change in position of an object

∆x = X initial — X final

∆x = Xi — Xf

# When final position is equal to the initial position we say displacement is zero

Distance ≥ Displacement 

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