Walking $3$ m east and then $3$ m west

Example · Elementary

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Term	This example	Why
displacement	✓	The displacement of the walk is $0$, because the walk ends where it started.
distance	✗	The distance traveled is $6$ m, not $0$ (the distance between the start and end points is $0$).

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