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Displacement in any interval of time may be zero,positive or negative.Imagine that a car begins traveling along a road after starting from a specific signpost. To know the exact position of the car after it has traveled a given distance, you need to know not only the miles it traveled but also its heading.The displacement, defined as the change in position of the object, is a vector with the magnitude as a distance, such as 10 miles, and a direction, such as east. Velocity is a vector expression with a magnitude equal to the speed traveled and with an indicated direction of motion. For motion defined on a number line, a positive or negative sign specifies the direction.Average velocity is mathematically defined asaverage velocity = total displacement/time elapsedNote that displacement (distance from starting position) is not the same as distance traveled. If a car travels one mile east and then returns one mile west, to the same position, the total displacement is zero and so is the average velocity over this time period. Displacement is measured in units of length, such as meters or kilometers, and velocity is measured in units of length per time, such as meters/second (meters per second).
The difference between speed and velocity is that velocity is speed with a direction vector associated with it. It's that direction vector that makes them different.Speed is displacement (distance traveled) per unit time. Velocity is displacement (distance traveled) per unit time in a given direction. The "directionality" associated with velocity makes it a vector quantity, while speed is a scalar quantity.The main difference between them in everyday life is that "speed" is usually usedproperly, but "velocity" is usually used Improperly.-- "30 miles per hour" is a speed-- "30 miles per hour north" is a velocity-- "30 miles per hour north" and "30 miles per hour west" are the same speed but different velocities.
-25 mph to the west
13 km South 67 degrees West
Displacement vectors of 10m west and 14m west make a resultant vector that is
The passing landscape gives you a frame of reference.
5 miles minus 4 miles is 1 mile East of the starting point. Displacement is a vector quantity, so it must have magnitude and direction.
It is 18 yards West.
find the resultant of the following displacement a=20km 30south of east
220 + 340 - 400 = 160 m East.
Displacement in any interval of time may be zero,positive or negative.Imagine that a car begins traveling along a road after starting from a specific signpost. To know the exact position of the car after it has traveled a given distance, you need to know not only the miles it traveled but also its heading.The displacement, defined as the change in position of the object, is a vector with the magnitude as a distance, such as 10 miles, and a direction, such as east. Velocity is a vector expression with a magnitude equal to the speed traveled and with an indicated direction of motion. For motion defined on a number line, a positive or negative sign specifies the direction.Average velocity is mathematically defined asaverage velocity = total displacement/time elapsedNote that displacement (distance from starting position) is not the same as distance traveled. If a car travels one mile east and then returns one mile west, to the same position, the total displacement is zero and so is the average velocity over this time period. Displacement is measured in units of length, such as meters or kilometers, and velocity is measured in units of length per time, such as meters/second (meters per second).
Any physical quantity which has both direction and magnitude is called a vector. A quantity must also obey the 'Triangle law of vector addition' to be called as a vector. For example displacement is a vector, u can say a person moved 5 km (magnitude) along west(direction). But electric current is not a vector, it has magnitude and its direction is from +ve terminal to -ve terminal but it doesn't obey triangle law. Rather currents are added as scalars.
Draw a vector from his starting point to his ending point.
A 150 pound resultant force
The total displacement is 8 km.
The displacement of the person pacing back and forth travels 5 west 7m west is usually East.