However, it is important to note that displacement only gives the distance from the initial and final position, not the length of the whole path as distance would. Though the distance you covered woul...However, it is important to note that displacement only gives the distance from the initial and final position, not the length of the whole path as distance would. Though the distance you covered would be 2m, because your initial and final position are the same, your displacement is 0. By convention, a little arrow is put on the top of a vector value, or the character is bold (e.g. In the graph, this corresponds to the area between the x-axis and the line denoting the velocity.
