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What are your ideas about distance and displacement?
Distance is scalar. Displacement is a vector.
What is distance and displacement?
how far you go and displacement is going in a straight line
Why you write S symbol for distance?
Strictly speaking, it's not. The symbol 's' is so often used for displacement because the symbol 'd' is often chosen for distance.This is an important distinction in physics, where differences between scalar (distance) and vector (displacement) types are used to measure and describe different things.============I believe that the standard explanation for the use of the letter s for distance is that the Latin word for distance is "spatium". Whether s (or d) is used to indicate distance or displacement, the distinction is that a right-facing arrow is placed over the letter to indicate displacement since it is a vector quantity.That said, it is probably not unheard of to find a textbook that uses d for distance and s for displacement, so long as their use is defined that way.
How does distance and displacement differ?
Distance is a scalarwithout direction and displacement is a vector with distance and direction.
What is the differences between from distance and displacement?
Distance is a scaler,displacement is a vector
Displacement is distance combined with?
Displacement consists of distance and direction.
Is displacement or distance independent of path?
Displacement and overall distance are but the distance travelled does depend on the path.
What is greater distance or displacement?
Distance is greater , because displacement can be zero ,but, distance cannot be zero.
What is the ratio of magnitudes of distance and displacement?
There's no firm relationship between the magnitudes of distance and displacement, except that displacement can never be greater than distance. So if you're looking for a ratio, I guess (distance)/(displacement) = or > 1
What is the relationship between displacement and direction?
Displacement is just distance traveled and a direction. For example 40m east is a displacement distance
What is a good subject for an investigatory project in physics about displacement and distance?
I suggest "displacement and distance".
What is the relation between magnitude of distance and displacement?
-- Distance is a scalar quantity, whereas displacement is a vector. -- Distance is the integral of magnitude of displacement. -- Magnitude of displacement is always less than or equal to distance. -- The two quantities are equal when the motion is in a straight line.
