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OpenStudy (anonymous):

what is the difference between distance and displacement ?

OpenStudy (stormfire1):

|dw:1338785930259:dw|In the drawing, the displacement from point A to B is the straight line...the distance is the curve. Displacement is the direct distance between two points......while distance accounts for the path you took to get from A to B.

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