No matter what that Intro to Physics book says, you can't calculate the "work done by friction." Nope. Doesn't work. Don't even try it.

So, if you hike a 1-mile (1.6-kilometer) loop, your distance is 1 mile (1.6 kilometers), but your displacement is 0. Note that displacement is never greater than distance, because displacement ...

We discuss the difference between distance and displacement. Unit 2 Segment A: Distance and Displacement We discuss the difference between distance and displacement and look at examples of what ...

Displacement is a distance and a direction, eg 170 m south. Velocity is a speed and a direction, eg 12 m s 1 on bearing 055 (55º East of North).

When displaying a journey, the vertical axis will often represent the distance from a particular place rather than the distance travelled. Such graphs are known as displacement-time graphs.