In physics terms you often see displacement referred to as the variable s. R radius of the circle. The path distance from the garden to a school is 5 m west and then 4 m south.
Distance to the west x 5 m.
It can be defined as distance between the initial point and final point of an object. For instance imagine youre a drag racer. A builder wants to build a short distance path for it. B Find the magnitude of the displacement of the object.