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What are the characteristics of displacement?


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The characteristics of displacement are described below:

  1. The displacement is a vector quantity which means it has both magnitude and direction.
  2. The displacement is equal to or greater than distance.
  3. The displacement can be positive, negative as well as zero.
  4. If the starting and ending point is same then displacement is zero.

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