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Position is a vector and displacement is also a vector. The difference is that, position describes a specific point relative to a reference point and displacement is the straight-line distance and direction from one point to another.
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What is difference between amplitude and displacement?
displacement is the vector quantity and the distance is scalar quantity, displacement is the shortest distance between two points.
What is a displacement can?
A displacement can is a can with a spout coming out one side at the top. When an object is placed in the can the water rises and runes through the spout at the top. collect this water in a beaker to see how much water was displaced.
What is a parallex?
Parallax is a displacement or difference in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different lines of sight, and is measured by the angle or semi-angle of inclination between those two lines.
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.
What is the difference between alpha carotene and beta carotene?
The difference is the position of the double bond
What is the difference between displacement and deflection?
Displacement is shift from home(original) position. Deflection is same as Displacement.
Why is displacement of displacement?
The difference between the final and the initial position of an object is called displacement. Unit of displacement is metre . Displacement <= Distance always.
The difference between the final position and the initial position if motion is in a straight line?
Displacement.
What quantity describes the difference between an objects initial position and the objects final position?
"change in location" "displacement"
Can displacement be greater then distance?
Distance is a function of displacement. You need to define the origininal position and the present position. The difference between them is the displacement, the distance is the measure (using accepted units) of the difference between the two.
What is displacement and its examples?
is a vector quantity ,difference between two position and it has both magnitude an d direction
Difference between instantaneous and average velocity?
average velocity is the displacement over time while instantaneous velocity refers to the velocity of an object at one point or at as pecific point of time. *displacement is the difference between the initial position and the final position of an object. (distance 2 - distance 1)
What is the difference between motion and displacement?
its pwet
What is difference between amplitude and displacement?
displacement is the vector quantity and the distance is scalar quantity, displacement is the shortest distance between two points.
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.
How does velocity differ from displacement?
Velocity is speed in a particular direction. Usually miles per hour or metres pet second . So that means that velocity is distance divided by time. Displacement is a distance measured in miles, metres etc. And is the difference between the starting position and the finishing position.
What is thedifference between displacement and distance?
Distance travelled is the total distance covered during the motion and displacement is the distance between the final and initial position.
