Distinguish between the terms distance and displacement.

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(N/A) Distance is the length of the actual path traversed between the initial and final positions of an object. It is a scalar quantity and can never be negative.
Displacement is the shortest path between the initial and final positions of an object. It is a vector quantity and can be positive,negative,or zero.

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