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  • Understanding Volume vs. Displacement: What's the Difference?
    Displacement alone cannot determine the volume of an object. While displacement describes the change in position of an object, volume measures the amount of three-dimensional space it occupies.

    However, in certain cases, displacement can provide indirect information about the volume of an object. For instance, consider an object submerged in a fluid. If the object's displacement in the fluid is known, we can calculate the volume of the displaced fluid. Under the assumption that the density of the fluid is constant, the volume of the displaced fluid will be equal to the volume of the submerged portion of the object.

    In this sense, measuring displacement can help us infer the volume of an irregularly shaped object or a part of an object that is submerged in a fluid.

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