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The volume or weight of a fluid displaced by a floating body (as a ship) of equal weight
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 15y agoDisplacement is distance combined with a direction. Distance is a scalar number and displacement is a vector number.
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∙ 10y agoIt tells you the straight-line distance and the direction between the starting
point and the finishing point, regardless of what route was taken to get there.
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Displacement is distance combined with?
Displacement consists of distance and direction.
What is distance and displacement?
how far you go and displacement is going in a straight line
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
Is displacement or distance independent of path?
Displacement and overall distance are but the distance travelled does depend on the path.
Displacement is distance combined with?
Displacement consists of distance and direction.
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
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
What is greater distance or displacement?
Distance is greater , because displacement can be zero ,but, distance cannot be zero.
Is displacement or distance independent of path?
Displacement and overall distance are but the distance travelled does depend on the path.
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".
How are displacement combined?
by vector addition?
Can there be displacement without any distance being traveled?
Normally displacement means that some distance has been travelled. If you want to get picky, you can say that is you travel in a closed path, the displacement is zero. In such circumstances, when multiple movments are being combined, one makes is clearer by saying that combining several displacements gives the "net displacement." To get even more picky, we can point out that displacement is a vector defined by the separation of two points. The direction of the displacement vector is the direction of the second point relative to the first and the magnitude of the displacement vector is the magnitude of the distance between the two points. So, since displament is a vector and a vector can have zero length, one can say that you have a zero vector of displacement when no distance has been traveled.
