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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 ?
What is the formula for acceleration, given velocity ?
What is the formula for acceleration, given position ?
How do you find the average velocity over an interval ?
How do you find the instantaneous velocity at time ?
How do you find the instantaneous acceleration at time ?
If is given, how to find the position ?
If is given, how to find the velocity ?
How to find the displacement of an object from to ?
How to find the total distance traveled from to ?
Define velocity.
Rate of change of position with respect to time; the derivative of position, .
Define speed.
The magnitude (absolute value) of velocity; how fast something is moving, .
Define acceleration.
Rate of change of velocity with respect to time; the derivative of velocity, .
What is rectilinear motion?
Motion along a straight line.
What does represent?
The position of an object at time .
What does represent?
The velocity of an object at time .
What does represent?
The acceleration of an object at time .
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.