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What is the displacement of an object that moves from the origin to a position at -12m?

The displacement of an object that moves from the origin to a position at -12m is -12m. Displacement is a vector quantity that represents the shortest distance and direction from the initial to the final position of an object. In this case, the negative sign indicates that the final position is in the opposite direction from the origin.


How a vector represent distance and direction?

A vector is like an arrow. The length of the vector represents the magnitude (distance, speed, whatever) while the direction is shown by the direction of the arrow.A vector is like an arrow. The length of the vector represents the magnitude (distance, speed, whatever) while the direction is shown by the direction of the arrow.A vector is like an arrow. The length of the vector represents the magnitude (distance, speed, whatever) while the direction is shown by the direction of the arrow.A vector is like an arrow. The length of the vector represents the magnitude (distance, speed, whatever) while the direction is shown by the direction of the arrow.


What is the term for a force exerted through a distance?

Work. Work is the term used to describe the force applied to an object that results in its displacement over a distance. Work is calculated by multiplying the force applied by the distance moved in the direction of the force.


What is the scientific term for a measure of the amount of force needed to move an object a certain distance?

The scientific term for a measure of the amount of force needed to move an object a certain distance is work. Work is calculated by multiplying the force applied to an object by the distance it moves in the direction of the force.


Which term is defined as the size of the force multiplied by the distance through which the force acts?

The term defined as the size of the force multiplied by the distance through which the force acts is work. Work is calculated as the force applied in the same direction as the displacement multiplied by the distance moved.

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Which term refers to the distance from the origin of a wave to its peak?

wavelength


How do you calculate radius vectors?

According to http://mathworld.wolfram.com/RadiusVector.html the radius vector (often written as r hat, or the letter r with a carrot ^ over it) is just the distance from the origin to the point of interest. So the magnitude is the distance between the point and the origin, and the direction is the direction from the origin to the point.


What is the measure in distance and direction?

In physics, distance is the unit which only has magnitude and not the directions.Hence,the term used for the measurement of distance and direction together is known as displacement.Distance is a scalar quantity.Distance + direction =Displacement .It is a vector quantity.


What are the characteristics of a coordinate plane?

It is a plane surface with an origin and a pair of orthogonal axes. The location of any point in the plane is given by an ordered pair of coordinates: the abscissa (distance to the right of the origin) and the ordinate (distance in the vertical direction from the origin).


What does x-coordinate mean?

In a coordinate system, it represents the distance from the origin in the positive direction of the x-axis.


Why are (46) and (64) are not at the same point on a grid?

Because the first number refers to the abscissa: the distance to the right of the origin whereas the second number refers to the ordinate: distance in the upward direction.Because the first number refers to the abscissa: the distance to the right of the origin whereas the second number refers to the ordinate: distance in the upward direction.Because the first number refers to the abscissa: the distance to the right of the origin whereas the second number refers to the ordinate: distance in the upward direction.Because the first number refers to the abscissa: the distance to the right of the origin whereas the second number refers to the ordinate: distance in the upward direction.


What is the term for the distance an object travels in a certain direction in a certain time?

it is its speed


What is a x cordinate?

It is the distance, from the origin in the positive direction of the x-axis which is usually the horizontal axis going towards the right.


What is the displacement of an object that moves from the origin to a position at -12m?

The displacement of an object that moves from the origin to a position at -12m is -12m. Displacement is a vector quantity that represents the shortest distance and direction from the initial to the final position of an object. In this case, the negative sign indicates that the final position is in the opposite direction from the origin.


How can you tell the speed of an object from its position time graph?

A position time graph is usually 2-dimensional and measures an object's position as a distance from some fixed point (the origin) in one direction only. As a result, it records changes in position towards or away from this origin but there is no information on movement in a circular path around the origin. The speed in the radial direction - that is, in the direction towards or away from the origin - is given by the slope of the line. The speed in a tangential direction cannot be deduced.


Can you interpret distance time graphs?

Yes, but only in terms of measures from and away from the "origin". Information of all motion in the transverse direction is lost.


How a vector represent distance and direction?

A vector is like an arrow. The length of the vector represents the magnitude (distance, speed, whatever) while the direction is shown by the direction of the arrow.A vector is like an arrow. The length of the vector represents the magnitude (distance, speed, whatever) while the direction is shown by the direction of the arrow.A vector is like an arrow. The length of the vector represents the magnitude (distance, speed, whatever) while the direction is shown by the direction of the arrow.A vector is like an arrow. The length of the vector represents the magnitude (distance, speed, whatever) while the direction is shown by the direction of the arrow.