What is a horizontal segment meaning on a position vs. time graph?
1 answer:
The velocity of the object is zero (the object is at rest)
Explanation:
A position vs time graph represents the motion of an object; in particular:
- The position of the object x(t) is represented on the y-axis
- The time t is represented on the x-axis
For a position-time graph, the slope of the graph is given by
where
is the change in position
is the change in time
However, we see that this is equivalent to the definition of velocity:
Therefore, the slope of a position-time graph is equivalent to the velocity of the object.
And so, a horizontal segment on a position vs time graph means that the object has zero velocity (because the slope is zero).
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Answer:
a. cosθ b. E.A
Explanation:
a.The electric flux, Φ passing through a given area is directly proportional to the number of electric field , E, the area it passes through A and the cosine of the angle between E and A. So, if we have a surface, S of surface area A and an area vector dA normal to the surface S and electric field lines of field strength E passing through it, the component of the electric field in the direction of the area vector produces the electric flux through the area. If θ the angle between the electric field E and the area vector dA is zero ,that is θ = 0, the flux through the area is maximum. If θ = 90 (perpendicular) the flux is zero. If θ = 180 the flux is negative. Also, as A or E increase or decrease, the electric flux increases or decreases respectively. From our trigonometric functions, we know that 0 ≤ cos θ ≤ 1 for 90 ≤ θ ≤ 0 and -1 ≤ cos θ ≤ 0 for 180 ≤ θ ≤ 90. Since these satisfy the limiting conditions for the values of our electric flux, then cos θ is the required trigonometric function. In the attachment, there is a graph which shows the relationship between electric flux and the angle between the electric field lines and the area. It is a cosine function
b. From above, we have established that our electric flux, Ф = EAcosθ. Since this is the expression for the dot product of two vectors E and A where E is the number of electric field lines passing through the surface and A is the area of the surface and θ the angle between them, we write the electric flux as Ф = E.A
