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OpenStudy (anonymous):

state the simalarities between distance and displacement?

OpenStudy (kainui):

Displacement is the same as distance in a straight line.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what?

OpenStudy (stormfire1):

Displacement = distance if you travel in a straight line from A to B. If you travel from A to B using a path that isn't a straight line, your distance will be > your displacement. The image below may help: |dw:1320624666462:dw|

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