Kinematics: The Study of Motion

Describing motion in one dimension conceptually and with graphs.

Foundations

Question 1 of 3

What is the main difference between displacement and distance?

They are the same thing.

Distance is a vector, displacement is a scalar.

Displacement is the total path taken, distance is the straight line from start to end.

Displacement is a vector with direction, distance is a scalar representing total path length.