Question #d2aa5
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Feb 8, 2018
Vector quantity
Explanation:
Displacement is a vector quantity because it has both magnitude and direction.
Whenever you are asked to tell the displacement of an object, you are also suggested to tell the direction of displacement.
For knowing whether the quantity is scalar or vector, just see whether you can simply add its two different values in different directions.
If you could add them, it is a scalar quantity otherwise a vector quantity.
In your case, displacement being the quantity, you see that you can't simply add them.
Thus, displacement is a vector quantity.
