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Nat2105 [25]
3 years ago
14

What is the difference between distance and position?

Physics
1 answer:
Ket [755]3 years ago
3 0
Distance is a scalar and measured only by units (meters, feet). Position is a vector and depends on where the origin is. It can be negative or positive and has direction.
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