Velocity or speed? Instantaneous or average? Keep building your physics vocabulary.

If the slope of the graph is positive (tilted up), the object had positive velocity at that time. At any time the position and velocity may both be positive, both be negative, or have different signs. …

Your notion of velocity is probably similar to its scientific definition. You know that a large displacement in a small amount of time means a large velocity and that velocity has units of …

Although speed and velocity are often words used interchangeably, in physics, they are distinct concepts. Velocity (v) is a vector quantity that measures displacement (or change in position, …

A projectile’s horizontal motion can be modeled as motion with constant velocity. We can visualize this with velocity component vectors. Return to the simulation. Under Velocity Vectors, check …

A bird is flying with a horizontal velocity v x = 9.3 m/s and a vertical velocity v y = 8.6 m/s. Calculate the magnitude and angle, relative to the horizontal, of the bird's total velocity. Enter …

This equation can be derived by combining two equations for average velocity. Average velocity is defined as displacement divided by the time during which that displacement occurred:

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Let's examine a velocity-time graph to understand an object's motion. By distinguishing between positive and negative slopes, we discern whether the object is speeding up, slowing down, or …