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Displacement measures the 'net' distance that a moving object covers during some period of time. It's just the short, straight distance from the starting point to the end-point, regardless of the path the object followed or how much total distance it had to go to get there. Example: If you walk a mile straight along the shoulder of a straight road, the distance is 1 mile AND the displacement is also 1 mile. If you kept crossing the road, back and forth, to stay in the shade of the trees on each side, the displacement at the end of your walk would still be 1 mile, but the distance would be a lot more. If you jump into the shallow end of the pool, do 50 laps, and climb out again at the shallow end, the distance you swam is 50 laps, but the displacement is just about zero ... you ended almost exactly where you started. Drop a hard rubber ball from 6-ft off the floor. Maybe it bounces a hundred times, down-up-down-up-down, before it finally stops bouncing and just lays there. The displacement is 6 feet ... the short straight distance from the start-point to the end-point.
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What is diplacement divided by time?
That's the average velocity during that time. (not speed)
Under what conditions can a body travel a certain distance and yet its resultant displacement be zero?
diplacement
How do you find the total displacment?
A person skates 2 miles every day. They leave their house at 1 p.m. and return at 2 p.m. What is their total diplacement? What is the formula used?
What is the average rate of displacement along the San Andreas fault?
The average amount of diplacement along the San Andreas Fault is 2 to 5 centimeters (1 to 2 inches) per year.
Rate at which velocity changes over time'?
if 'S' is diplacement and 't' is time: dS/dt=V (velocity) dV/dt=a (acceleration)
Is the electron gain enthalpy positive for nitrogen?
its hard to understand why since Z effective for any element shows that it attracts electrons and the work done by the whole system in the diplacement of the electron by the force exerted by the effective nuclear charge will lowerise energy,as given by the formula U=-W,assuming U initial zero for the system.
What is the SI units used to measure velocity?
What are the SI units used to measure acceleration.
If you know an objects velocity do you know it's speed Explain?
These two are synonyms. Both speed and velocity are the time derivative of the diplacement. Confusion may come from the fact that these words are sometimes used to describe a scalar quantity and sometimes a vector qty. Proper usage of these would be in the vectorial form, however, it is often used under the scalar form, when direction or orientation is trivial.
What size of engine does 2000 Chevy cavalier 6-cylinder have in it?
Chevy Cavalier didn't have 6 cylinders after 1994. They were all 4 cylinder engines 1995 an on. Instead the z24 models had DOHC engines starting with the quad 4 the the twin Cam and later the Eco-tec. The newer model th cobalt had a newer version of the Eco-tec, the ss models being higher Diplacement and/or supercharged/turbocharged. Horsepower didn't change much from the v6 to the 4 cylinder it about 10 horsepower gain, while torque dropped fro about 185 to 150 in the z24s.
How do you find diplacement in position time graph?
Usually time is the independent variable on the horizontal (or X) axis. Position or displacement is the dependent variable (that is, it's a function of time) on the vertical (or Y) axis. For any point on the curve, there will be an associated value for time, t, and a corresponding value for displacement, s. In other words, you can determine an object's position -- or displacement from the origin -- for any time, t. Going further, you can determine an object's speed, too. For any two points on the curve, (t1, s1) and (t2, s2), the speed can be calculated using the following formula: Speed = (s2 - s1) / (t2 - t1)
What is displacement in mathematics?
Suppose a body moves from one point to another. If we draw a straight line between these two points, the length of this line is the displacement of the body no matters how much ground the body covers to reach the final point. It must be noted here that this straight line marks the shortest path between the two points. Thus, displacement can be defined as vector quantity which is the length of the shortest path connecting the point where a body starts to move and the point where the body finally reaches.
How was the darfur genocide carried out?
Leaders in Darfur firstly was asking for autonomy and full control of their economy (having in mind abundance of gas and petroleum). This was not approved by Sudanese Govt. Years passed and at point Darfurians organized themselves and demanded freedom for their territory. Sudan at all not liked it. Started arresting and harrousment. Darfurians revolted, took some arms in their own hand. Then Sudanese Govt (President Umr Al Bashar), created and sponsored Janjaweed Militia. In 2003, having the support with arms and money the Janjaweed (also backed by Sudanese Army) launched attacks to kill the people indiscremenantly. This is the beginning of mass killing, diplacement of ordinary people, burning, raping..and more. This is genocide!
