Understanding Distance and displacement

Front

What is the nature of distance?

Back

Distance is always positive and can never be zero.

Front

What does distance represent?

Back

It is the total ground you have covered.

Front

Does distance consider the turns in your path?

Back

No, it does not worry about the turns in your path.

Front

Displacement

Back

Displacement is the shortest straight-line distance between an object's starting and ending points

Front

Positive and negative displacement

Back

Positive displacement occurs when moving in the defined positive direction.

Negative displacement occurs when moving opposite to the positive direction.