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Distance is the path you go and how far you traveled overall. If you walk 1 mile north and then you run 1 mile south your distance is 2 miles because that is the total that you walked. Displacement is how far out of place you are from start to finish but it is not the path you took but the total you are displaced. If you walked the previous 1 mile north and 1 mile south you would have a displacement of 0 miles because you ended up where you started. Another example of displacement is if you walked 1 mile north, then you walked 1 mile east and then walk one mile south your displacement is 1 mile because you are 1 mile from where you started. and your distance is 3 miles. To find displacement you can use a2+b2=c2.
S&EP 3:
We made drawings to represent and graph the distance that the path was and the displacement to see how far it was. We were given problems that we needed to solve so we would graph them and then we would use Pythagorean theorem to find our displacement. We also did a experiment where we went outside with a partner and then we would mark a starting spot. Then one partner would walk a certain about one way and then the other partner would measure. We would do that a few times for our distance and then find our displacement. At the end you had to graph one of the paths and then you would have to answer some questions about the experiment that you did.
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