Distance and Displacement

This lesson explains the concepts of distance and displacement in translational motion. It covers how to measure distance without considering direction and how displacement includes both distance and direction. The lesson also discusses the position of an object in relation to a reference point.

• 13:35 “The other one is the tape rule. For a distance that is more than 100 and above, that is more than 100 cm, we use more than 100 cm or up to a feet, we use the work, we use the tape rule. So the tape rule can be found used...”
• 15:09 “So the next one is caliper. Caliper is another interesting and important measuring device and is having an accuracy of about 0.001. What this implies is that a caliper measure more accurate than the tape and the ruler. F...”
• 14:22 “So it has a good resolution, which you will find some of the gradated width, even one of a 36 inch increments, but in most cases you will find it's care similar to a ruler. So, but in the case of the surveying tape, that...”