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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 is the starting point of the distance of direction of an objects change in position?
The starting point of the distance of an object's change in position is the initial position of the object before it starts moving. This initial position serves as the reference point from which the distance is measured as the object moves.
What is the length of the path an object moves along?
The length of the path an object moves along is the total distance covered by the object from its starting point to its ending point. This can be calculated by summing the distances traveled along each segment of the path.
What is the distance and direction of an object from the starting point called?
The distance and direction of an object from the starting point is called displacement. Displacement is a vector quantity that represents the straight line distance between the initial and final position of an object, along with the direction from the starting point to the endpoint.
What is the distance and direction of an object from starting point?
Displacement.
What the distance and direction of an object from the 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
Can distance and displacement be the same and how?
Distance and displacement can be the same only if an object moves in a straight line from its starting point and the displacement is measured along that line. In such cases, the magnitude of the displacement is equal to the distance traveled.
What is the distace and directoin of an object from the starting point?
The distance of an object from the starting point is the length between the current position of the object and the initial position. The direction is the orientation in which the object is situated in relation to the starting point, usually measured in terms of angles or cardinal directions.
Velocity is to speed as displacement is to?
Distance. Velocity is a measure of how fast an object is moving in a specific direction, while speed is just the rate at which an object moves. Similarly, displacement is a measure of how far an object is from its starting point in a specific direction, while distance is just the total length traveled.
Is it true that if motion starts and stops at the same location then the distance is zero?
Not necessarily. The distance traveled by an object depends on its displacement, which includes the direction of motion. If an object moves forward and then backward to return to the starting point, the distance traveled would be the total length of the path taken by the object.
What is distance and direction of an object's change in position from the starting point?
The answer is Displacement
Give an example where displacement is zero but distance is not?
when the body moves circularly from a point 'A' to a then the displacement will be zero(displacement is the shortest diatance from the initial point to final point) and the distance will not be zero.
