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Author:Paul Peter Urone, Roger Hinrichs

Publisher:Paul Peter Urone, Roger Hinrichs

Chapter3: Two-dimensional Kinematics

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1PE: Find the following for path A in Figure 3.54: (a) the total distance traveled, and (b) the magnitude...

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Explain the difference between distance traveled, displacement, and displacement magnitude.

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The body's distance travelled is interpreted as the overall length travelled by the body. As it is characterized as the length, so the standard unit to measure the distance in meters. It is independent of the motion direction of the body.

The body's displacement travelled is interpreted as the smallest gap between the body's primary location and its last location. It depends on the direction of motion of body due to which the displacement is considered as the vector quantity.

Mathematically it can be calculated by substracting the initial distance from the final distance travelled by the body.

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