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The total distance an object moves from its starting point is what?
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When an object moves, it travels some distance. Distance depends on speed and time traveled.
How far you get while traveling is the displacement. Displacement and distance are different.
Displacement is the difference from the starting point to the ending point. It is a vector, the vector with direction towards the end point from the starting point and magnitude, the separation.
Distance is a scalar, magnitude only, and that is what most people mean by how far they travel.
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What is distance and direction of an object's change in position from the starting point?
The answer is Displacement
Under what circumstances is it legitimate to treat an object as a point particle?
An object can be treated as a point particle if internal motions are not important and if the object is small in comparison to the distance it moves. http://teachers.redclay.k12.de.us/william.baker/Physics%20Files/physics%20solutions%20manual%20for%20practice-end%20chap.pdf
What is an object in motion moving relative to?
Movement Occurs When an Object moves Relative to a Stationary Object
Why object distance and image distance are interchangeable?
The object and image distance are interchangeable, because this gives rise to points of conjunction, a point on an object has a conjugate point on the image, both will yield the same value for f and it is a property of optical systems known as reversibility.
Distance of a starting point and an ending point called?
i think it is legnth but im not sure :)(:
What the distance and direction of an object from the starting point?
Displacement.
What is the distance and direction of an object from starting point?
Displacement.
How does the distance moved by an object between its starting point and ending point compare to the displacement vector between the same points?
grravity or some other force moves it
What is the distance and direction of an object from the starting point called?
Displacement.
A measure of how far an object has moved from the starting point?
Distance
What is distance and direction of an object's change in position from the starting point?
The answer is Displacement
What is the distace and directoin of an object from the starting point?
Distance and direction is vector.
How does the distance moved by an object between its starting point and its ending point compare with the displacement vector between the same point?
Displacement is how far the object is from the starting point, while distance traveled is the how far the object traveled all together. -Eric P
Is the distance and direction of an object's change in position from the starting point?
This term is called displacement.
What are circles?
Circles are a never ending object. They have no starting and no ending point. They have a center point and from the center to the edge of the circle is the same distance around the whole object.
What does a distance vs time graph illustrate?
It illustrates the distance of an object at any particular amount of time from its starting point (when time = 0 and distance = 0).
Is the total distance divided by the time taken an object's speed?
This will be true if the object moves with the same speed (a uniform speed) throughout all the time it is moving.If the object is a bus or train making stops along the way, total distance divided by the total time from a given point to another point is the average speed of the object for that interval.
