Definitions
This is where an object is located in space
What is Position?
The velocity of a car that moved 20 meters in 4 seconds, East.
What is 5 m/s East?
This is the displacement of a car that moves at 50 m/s for 5 seconds.
What is 250 meters
25 kilometers
What is is 25000 meters?
This is the length of the total path traveled
What is Distance?
The velocity in m/s of a car that traveled North 56 kilometers in 1800 seconds.
What is 31.11 m/s North?
This is the displacement of a student who walks at 5 m/s in 1 hour.
What is 18,000 meters?
30 kilometers/hour
What is 8.33 m/s?
The total change in position of an object.
What is Displacement?
This is the velocity of a car that traveled North 25 meters in 5 seconds, and then East 30 meters in 6 seconds.
What is 7.07 m/s Northeast?
This is the displacement of a person that moves at 40 m/s over the course of a day.
What is 3,456,000 meters?
1 mile = 1.61 km
25 miles
What is 40,250 meters?
An object's change in position over time.
What is velocity?
The x-component of the velocity of a car traveling at 30 m/s at an angle of 25 degrees above the + x-axis.
What is 27.19 m/s?
This is the magnitude of the displacement of a person that moves from (0 m,5 m) to (5 m,10 m)
What is 7.07 meters?
65 mi/hr
1 mi = 1.61 km
What is 26.1 m/s?
Example: The velocity of a marker right before it hits the floor.
What is Instantaneous Velocity?
This is the velocity of a car that traveled NE for 25 meters in 5 seconds, East for 50 meters in 12 seconds, and then South for 100 meters in 10 seconds.
What is 10.05 m/s @ 39.97 degrees below +x-axis?
This is the magnitude and direction of a person that moves from (5 m, 9 m) to (4 m, 2 m) to (7 m, 3 m).
What is 6.32 meters @ 71.57 degrees below +x-axis?
30 megameters/hour
What is 8,333.33 m/s?