The magnitude of your displacement can be equal to the distance you covered, or it can be less than the distance you covered. But it can never be greater than the distance you covered.
This is because displacement is a straight line, whereas distance can be a straight line, a squiggly line, a zig-zag line, a line with loops in it, a line with a bunch of back-and-forths in it, or any other kind of line.
The straight line is always the shortest path between two points.
Answer:
in the direction of the applied force
Explanation:
At rest because if the distance is not changing, then it is not moving any further, so it must not be moving! The time keeps going no matter what, so the distance, whether it is 0 m or 10,000 km, if the y is horizontal the distance does not change.
Answer:
a) v, v
b) 2mv^2
c) Elastic collion
Explanation:
(a) The velocity of the second particle after the collision is (v2x,v2y)=(v,−v). From momentum conservation in x-direction
Here x, y represent direction.They are not variable. 1 and 2 represent before and after.
2vm=v1xm+v2xm, we find v1x=v.
From momentum conservation in y-direction
0 =v1ym+v2ym, we findv1y=v.
(b) By energy conservation principle
Before: K=1/2m(2v)^2=2mv^2.
After: K=1/2m(v^2(1x)+v^2(1y))+12m(v22x+v22y)=2mv^2
(c) The collision is elastic
