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Displacement is calculated as the shortest distance between starting and final point which prefers straight-line path over curved paths.
Suppose a body is moving in two different directions x and y then Resultant Displacement will be
![Displacement Formula 1 1 44](https://www.educationidol.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1-44.gif)
It gives the shortcut paths for the given original paths.
![Displacement Formula 2 2 27](https://www.educationidol.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2-27.gif)
![Displacement Formula 3 3 10](https://www.educationidol.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/3-10.gif)
![Displacement Formula 4 4 5](https://www.educationidol.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/4-5.gif)
Here,
u = Initial velocity
v = final velocity
a = acceleration
t = time taken.