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Displacemnet is when something moves something else out of a space and then occupies that space. Most common example is a boat in water. When the boat enters the water it takes up the space in the water that it displaces.
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How far something travels?
Displacement is the term for the change in position of an object. You find displacement by taking the final position of the object and subtract the initial position of the object.
Why is displacement different than distance?
Displacement is different than distance in that distance refers to how much ground an object has covered when in motion. Displacement is how far out of place the object is, or its overall change in position after being moved.
What are the differences among the concepts position displacement and distance physics?
Position is just a set of co-ordinates which describe where something is (in relation to a given origin). Distance is how far you travel to go from one particular position to another, however, displacement is where you've ended up in relation to where you started. That is, you can travel all the way round the world, for a distance of however many thousand kilometres, until you end up back where you started, but your displacement will be zero, because you end where you began
How far something ends up from its start place?
Distance of travel or in scientific terms its Displacement
What is distance and dispalacement?
Distance is a scalar quantity that refers to "how much ground an object has covered" during its motion. Displacement is a vector quantity that refers to "how far out of place an object is"; it is the object's overall change in position.
Does displacement always equal distance traveled?
No. Displacement is how far an object is from its original position. This means that if an object traveled in a circle and returned to its original point, it will have a displacement of 0 while the distance will be whatever the circumference of the circle was. Hope that helps.
How are vector quantities different form scalar quantities?
Scalar quantities have only one dimension, such as speed, or distance. Vector quantities have direction as well. For example speed is a scalar quantity because it does not include direction, while velocity is a vector quantity because it includes both speed and direction. Distance is a scalar quantity because it only includes how far a body has traveled, while displacement is a vector quantity that refers to change in position, i.e. how far out of place an object is from where it started. It is possible to travel 15m but have a displacement of 0. If you travel from home and back again over a distance of 15m, your distance traveled will be 15m, but your displacement would be zero because you are exactly where you were when you started.
What is the term for how far an object moved from its original position and the direction the object moved?
Is magnitude in a straight line
What is a measure of how far an objects has moved from a starting point?
A change in the position of an object is called a displacement. Velocity is the measure of the rate of change of displacement with respect to time.
Is it possible that displacement is zero and distance is not?
Yes, displacement is how far are you from your original position. Therefore if you imagine walking around a circular path where you end up at the starting position, you've walked a certain distance however you havent been displaced (since your where you started).
Does the displacement arrow depend on the choice of reference point?
Yes and no.Some use "displacement" only to describe a change in the position of an object from some initial starting point to some ending point. That is, there is a distinction between "position" and "displacement." The position would be defined relative to a reference point. In that case the arrow depends only on where the particle was and where it ended up and the reference point does not matter.Others use a definition for displacement which describes the difference between an object's position and a fixed reference point. That is, how far an object is displaced from a certain point even if the object had never been at that point. A distinction between position and displacement is not made. For this latter definition, the choice of reference point will make a difference in the direction of the arrow.In physics problems one usually only cares about the changes in position (and velocity, etc) and the choice of reference point will not affect these.
When you come to school Is the distance you travel greater than your displacement from home?
well not really because the displacenment from your home is not far and besiedes it depaends on how far you live. and or if your home schooled.
