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Which answer best describes displacement? (1 point)
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Displacement is a scalar quantity which accounts for how far away an object is after a period of time has elapsed from its initial starting point.
Displacement is a scalar quantity which accounts for how far away an object is after a period of time has elapsed from its initial starting point.

Displacement is a vector quality showing total length of an area traveled by a particular object.
Displacement is a vector quality showing total length of an area traveled by a particular object.

Displacement is neither a vector nor scalar quantity, which accounts for how far away an object is after a period of time has elapsed from its initial starting point.
Displacement is neither a vector nor scalar quantity, which accounts for how far away an object is after a period of time has elapsed from its initial starting point.

Displacement is a scalar quality showing total length of an area traveled by a particular object.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The second response is the best of the four (it correctly calls displacement a vector).

Correction: displacement is a vector quantity that gives the change in position (a directed straight-line from initial to final point). The total length of the path traveled is distance, which is a scalar.