in this video we will identify the difference between distance and displacement. both of them are physical quantities, distance is scalar while displacement is vector.
the distance is the actual length of the path covered by an object while displacement is the length of the shortest straight line of this path.
mainly, the distance is longer than the displacement except if the path is straight line, in this case, both distance and displacement are equal.
they have the same measuring units..meter or km.
the displacement needs to identify its magnitude as well as direction, so it is called a vector physical quantity, but the distance needs to identify its magnitude only by giving a numerical value and measuring unit without mentioning the direction, so it is called a scalar physical quantity.
