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Standard VIII
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Displacement
Distance is a...
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Distance is a scalar quantity. Give reason.
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Distance is the length of the actual travelled path by a body between two points.
It has only magnitude and no direction.
Hence it is a scalar quantity.
Its vector counterpart is displacement, which has both direction and magnitude.
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