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The distance you travel is a scalar quantity. For example, if you drive 500km round trip, your total distance traveled is 500km. However, your change in position, which is displacement, is a vector quantity, which includes direction. So if you drive 250km North, and then drive back home 250km South, your displacement will be zero because of vector addition. 250km North would be +250km, and 250km South would be -250km. So the displacement for your trip would be 250km + - 250 km = 0 km. Your total change in position for your trip would be zero.
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How can you tell which is a scalar and which is a vector quantity?
Ask yourself "Does the direction make any difference ?" Cost of a house, volume of a sound, temperature of a hamburger: 'No' ===> scalar quantities Velocity on my trip home, force on a ball at the top of a hill: 'Yes' ===> vector quantities
Example of scalar and vector quantity?
Scalars:-- temperature; (68 degrees, no direction)-- cost; ($37.50, no direction)-- speed; (35 mph, no direction)Vectors:-- trip to the store; (2 blocks, West)-- force of gravity; (170 pounds, Down)-- velocity; (35 mph, North)
Examples of some quantities that are scalar and vectors?
A vector has a magnitude and a direction. A scalar is only a magnitude. For example, If I say that I am going 60 m/s, that I have described my speed as a scalar value. If I say I am going 60 m/s due east, I have described both my speed and direction and therefore it is a vector.
Is velocity a vector or a scalar?
no its a vector quantity,not a scalar quantity,bcz still it z a velocity bt NT a speed On a typical journey the average velocity is the straight-line distance between the start and finish, divided by the time taken, and it also has a direction. The average speed is the actual distance run, divided by the speed. The average speed might not be equal to the magnitude of the average velocity. For example on a round trip the average speed might be 40 mph, while the average velocity is zero.
Atleast 20 examples of scalar and vector quantities?
1). one hour's progress during a motor trip 2). velocity of the car 3). acceleration of the car when the brakes are applied 4). gravitational force on a ball hanging from a string 5). force pulling a rolling ball down a ramp 6). lift on an airplane wing 7). drag on an airplane wing 8). torque on a wing-nut while tightening it 9). power radiated from Channel-2's TV transmitter 10). tension in bridge-support cables
Why was the tractor trailer invented?
To move large quantities of goods in a single trip.
What are the roles and responsibilities of the tourism planning?
The roles and responsibilities of tourism planning are very extensive. One of these responsibilities is to know ever detail of the trip.
How is distance and displacement the same?
The distance and displacement are the same when the displacement is parallel to itself or straight. Displacement is a vector and distance is a real number or scalar. If an object is displaced around a circle the displacement is zero and the distance is 2pi r.
Differences between distance and displacement?
-- Displacement is the straight-line difference between where you ended and where you started, regardless of the route you actually took. -- Distance is every inch you covered on the way there, including every curve, round-the-block, double-back, and side-trip to see the sites. -- Distance can never be less than displacement.
Who are the actors in the Dunkin' Donuts commercial featuring the map that flies out the window during a road trip and what are their roles?
The driver is named Bobby Edner
An object moves 15.0 m north and then 11.0 m south Find both the distance traveled and the magnitude of the displacement vector?
The total distance traveled (corresponding to the amount of gas the car would burn on such a trip) is 26 meters.The magnitude of the displacement vector = (Dfinal - Dinitial) = 4 meters north.
Why would pioneeer only bring the most important items with them on their trip?
Pioneers travel to places that are not already well populated, and which therefore do not have established roads, railways, or other convenient transportation infrastructure. Therefore the trip tends to be difficult, and it would be made even more difficult if excessive quantities of supplies or material possessions are taken on the trip. There is only so much that your horse can carry.
