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What are the differences between velocity and speed?

Velocity: a vector quantity with magnitude and direction. Speed: a scalar quantity representing the magnitude of velocity.

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What are the differences between velocity and speed?

Velocity: a vector quantity with magnitude and direction. Speed: a scalar quantity representing the magnitude of velocity.

What are the differences between displacement and total distance?

Displacement: change in position (can be negative). Total Distance: total length traveled (always non-negative).

What is the difference between average and instantaneous velocity?

Average Velocity: Velocity over an interval. Instantaneous Velocity: Velocity at a specific time.

Compare positive and negative acceleration.

Positive acceleration: velocity increasing in the positive direction. Negative acceleration: velocity increasing in the negative direction.

Compare speeding up and slowing down.

Speeding up: velocity and acceleration have the same sign. Slowing down: velocity and acceleration have opposite signs.

Compare velocity and acceleration.

Velocity: rate of change of position. Acceleration: rate of change of velocity.

What is the formula for velocity, given position x(t)x(t)x(t)?

v(t)=x′(t)=dxdtv(t) = x'(t) = \frac{dx}{dt}v(t)=x′(t)=dtdx​

What is the formula for acceleration, given velocity v(t)v(t)v(t)?

a(t)=v′(t)=dvdta(t) = v'(t) = \frac{dv}{dt}a(t)=v′(t)=dtdv​

What is the formula for acceleration, given position x(t)x(t)x(t)?

a(t)=x′′(t)=d2xdt2a(t) = x''(t) = \frac{d^2x}{dt^2}a(t)=x′′(t)=dt2d2x​

How do you find the average velocity over an interval [a,b][a, b][a,b]?

x(b)−x(a)b−a\frac{x(b) - x(a)}{b - a}b−ax(b)−x(a)​

How do you find the instantaneous velocity at time t=ct=ct=c?

v(c)=x′(c)v(c) = x'(c)v(c)=x′(c)

How do you find the instantaneous acceleration at time t=ct=ct=c?

a(c)=v′(c)=x′′(c)a(c) = v'(c) = x''(c)a(c)=v′(c)=x′′(c)

If v(t)v(t)v(t) is given, how to find the position x(t)x(t)x(t)?

x(t)=∫v(t)dtx(t) = \int v(t) dtx(t)=∫v(t)dt

If a(t)a(t)a(t) is given, how to find the velocity v(t)v(t)v(t)?

v(t)=∫a(t)dtv(t) = \int a(t) dtv(t)=∫a(t)dt

How to find the displacement of an object from t=at=at=a to t=bt=bt=b?

∫abv(t)dt\int_{a}^{b} v(t) dt∫ab​v(t)dt

How to find the total distance traveled from t=at=at=a to t=bt=bt=b?

∫ab∣v(t)∣dt\int_{a}^{b} |v(t)| dt∫ab​∣v(t)∣dt

Define velocity.

Rate of change of position with respect to time; the derivative of position, v(t)=x′(t)v(t) = x'(t)v(t)=x′(t).

Define speed.

The magnitude (absolute value) of velocity; how fast something is moving, ∣v(t)∣|v(t)|∣v(t)∣.

Define acceleration.

Rate of change of velocity with respect to time; the derivative of velocity, a(t)=v′(t)=x′′(t)a(t) = v'(t) = x''(t)a(t)=v′(t)=x′′(t).

What is rectilinear motion?

Motion along a straight line.

What does x(t)x(t)x(t) represent?

The position of an object at time ttt.

What does v(t)v(t)v(t) represent?

The velocity of an object at time ttt.

What does a(t)a(t)a(t) represent?

The acceleration of an object at time ttt.

What does a negative velocity indicate?

The object is moving to the left or in the negative direction.

What does a positive velocity indicate?

The object is moving to the right or in the positive direction.

What does zero acceleration indicate?

The object is moving at a constant velocity.