Different Between Distance and Displacement
Follow us at: https://plus.google.com/+tutorvista/
Check us out at http://physics.tutorvista.com/motion/...
Distance: It is a measure of the interval between two locations. Distance is a scalar measure of the interval between two locations measured along the actual path connecting them.
Displacement: It is a vector measure of the interval between two locations measured along the shortest path connecting them.
Difference Between Distance and Displacement
There are two ways to answer this question. On the one hand, there's the sum of the smaller motions that I made: two meters east, two meters south, two meters west; resulting in a total walk of six meters. On the other hand, the end point of my walk is two meters to the south of my starting point. So which answer is correct? Well, both. The question is ambiguous and depends on whether the questioner meant to ask for the distance or displacement.
Distance is a actual path traversed by the body irespective of its direction taken where as displacement gives shotest distance between two points specifying the short length direction.
Please like our facebook page
/ tutorvista
Watch video Different Between Distance and Displacement online without registration, duration hours minute second in high quality. This video was added by user Educational Videos 09 May 2010, don't forget to share it with your friends and acquaintances, it has been viewed on our site 177,393 once and liked it 672 people.