Introduction to Displacement
and Differences between Displacement and Distance (11:43)
An introduction to Displacement including many different descriptions of displacement.  This video also describes the differences between displacement and distance.  There are also three different examples illustrating those differences.

Times of Content:
0:23 First description of displacement
1:13 The symbol for displacement
2:32 The equation for displacement
3:28 Dimensions for displacement
4:16 Defining magnitude
4:50 Displacement does not equal distance
5:34 Defining Directions (up does not equal North)
7:35 1st Example
8:28 2nd Example
9:27 3rd Example (my personal favorite)
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  • Gracias a Aníbal Santamaría y Ritvik Rangaraju por editar las traducciones al español de este video.
  • Napisy do tego filmu edukacyjnego z fizyki zostały przetłumaczone na język polski. Dzięki Piotr Pietrzak!
  • Los subtítulos de este video de "Flipping Physics" han sido traducidos al Español. Gracias To Janis!
  • この Flipping Physics のビデオに日本語字幕がつきました。小竹知紀さん，協力ありがとう！