Question

What is Distance

Answer 1

Distance and displacement are two quantities that may seem to mean the same thing yet have distinctly different definitions and meanings.

• Distance is a scalar quantity that refers to "how much ground an object has covered" during its motion.
• Displacement is a vector quantity that refers to "how far out of place an object is"; it is the object's overall change in position.

Distance is the overall distance covered by the body in a given time.