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1. What is the difference between distance and position

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Step-by-step explanation:

Position is the location of the object (whether it's a person, a ball, or a particle) at a given moment in time. ... Distance is the total amount the object has traveled in a certain period of time. Displacement is a vector quantity (direction matters), where as distance is a scalar (only the amount matters).

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