Question

Displacement is a vector quantity, which means it has both direction and what else?

Answer 1

magnitude

What is the difference between distance and displacement? Whereas displacement is defined by both direction and magnitude, distance is defined only by magnitude. Displacement is an example of a vector quantity. Distance is an example of a scalar quantity. A vector is any quantity with both magnitude and direction. Other examples of vectors include a velocity of 90 km/h east and a force of 500 newtons straight down. The direction of a vector in one-dimensional motion is given simply by a plus.