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Movere [Administrator] | 15 December 2021

Deitures! For you to easily understand Physics, especially the topic about distance and displacement. Here's my tips for you.

Distance is how far an object or someone travels and the displacement is the object's overall change in position. Let's say you travel 8m east and then you return 3m west. The total distance you travel is 8m+3m= 11m, your displacement is not 11m but rather is 5m. Displacement is the difference between the final position and initial position.

Here's the formula:

Pf= Final position Pi= Initial positionD= Pf- Pi

D= 8m - 3m

D= 5m, so your displacement is 5m

Take note that distance is always positive but displacement can be positive or negative. If you're traveling east or north, displacement has a positive value. If you're traveling west or south, displacement has a negative value.