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The shortest distance between an object's start point and end point.
The shortest distance between an object's start point and end point. Displacement is a vector quantity. Which means it has both magnitude, or size, and direction. If a car drives 400 metres east and then 300 south, it travels a total distance of 700 metres. But its displacement is 500 metres in a south-east direction.
Displacement is a vector quantity. Which means it has both magnitude, or size, and direction. If a car drives 400 meters east and then 300 south, it travels a total distance of 700 meters. But its displacement is 500 meters in a south-east direction.