If you walk 5 blocks to school, then 5 blocks back home because you forgot your homework, then 5 blocks back to school, your distance traveled is ________, but your displacement is __________
. This is because _____________
(distance, displacement) is a quantity where direction does not matter (a _____________
quantity), while ________________
(distance, displacement) is a quantity where direction does matter (a ________________
quantity).
Answers (hidden here): 15 blocks, 5 blocks, distance, scalar, displacement, vector
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