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Displacement is which of the following types of quantities?
A. vector
B. scalar
C. magnitude
D. dimensional

My answer is A. vector...I just want to confirm this is the correct answer.
17 years ago

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DrBob222
I thought a vector quantity had to have a magnitude AND a direction. Displacement has no direction does it? See this site.
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/Phys/Class/1DKin/U1L1b.html
17 years ago

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