WHY IS DISPLACEMAENT NOT TAKEN IN THE DERIVED GROUP ? WHICH FUNDAMENTAL QUANTITY IT LIES IN ?

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Displacement is a vector quantity and the properties of vectors are applicable in this scenario. They belong to the fundamental quantity of distance. But the displacement is the straight distance between any two points.

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