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What does it mean about your trip if your displacement is equal to the distance you travel?
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∙ 13y ago
It means that your trip is all in a straight line, and
you never change directions while you travel, not
even a little.
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What does it mean about your trip if your displacement is equal to the distance you traveled?
It means your trip was all in a straight line, and you never backtracked.
What is the significance of Mean square distance?
The mean square displacement is a measure of the average distance a molecule travels. It allows physicists to determine how far a molecule will travel in a given time interval.
What would be the shape of a displacement versus time graph for an object?
the displacement mean the shortest distance between two points. the shape of displacement where the objects move and its also help us to tell the shape of displacement with the use of graph.
Is 3 blocks east a displacement?
Yes. A displacement is a vector. A vector is some sort of magnitude and a direction. Since 3 blocks is a magnitue(it is a distance) and east is a direction, the quantity is a vector, and therefore, a displacement. However, if you did not include a direction, the quantity is scalar, meaning it has magnitude, but no direction. Saying "Walk Three Blocks" could mean to walk three blocks in any direction. Not very useful. Hope this helps!
Does doubling a objects average speed always double the magnitude of its displacement?
first of all the question should come with velocity instead of speed. it doesn't necessarily mean that displacement is doubled the time in which the object makes that displacement is halved
What does it mean about your displacement is equal to the distance you traveled?
displacement is equal to the distance you traveled when the object is moving at shortest path
What does it mean about your trip if your displacement is equal to the distance you traveled?
It means your trip was all in a straight line, and you never backtracked.
What is the significance of Mean square distance?
The mean square displacement is a measure of the average distance a molecule travels. It allows physicists to determine how far a molecule will travel in a given time interval.
What does displacement mean?
Moves it out of area
The total distance an object moves from its starting point is what?
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.
What do mean by travel distance regarding fire protection?
It can mean the distance the fire is traveling. It can also mean the distance it will take the firemen to arrive.
What is the distance of a swimming pool?
distance???? Do you mean how far can a swimming pool travel???
Instantaneous speed at an instant is equal to magnitude of instantaneous velocity at that instant Why is it so?
Instantaneous velocity mean change of displacement in extremely small amount time. (in math way, taking[ lim t--->0 (change in displacements/change in time) ]. instantaneous speed is the same expect displacement change to distance. So,because of very very small change in time, magnitude of distance and displacement will be same for any direction the object is moving.
What does mean mean in mean distance?
Mean distance means "average" distance, and is used to indicate that there may be more than one pathway or line of travel to be used.
What does 1.8 L Engine mean?
1800 cc's that is the cubic displacement. ( the amount of air the cylinders displace during their travel.
What does the formula d equals rt mean?
The formula d= rt means that the d(distance that is traveled) is equal to the r( rate of speed) multiplied by t(the time that it took to travel it)
Which distance is shorter Africa or Arctic?
If you mean which distance is shorter to travel, then that depends on where in the world you are starting from, which you have not said.
