Rectilinear Motion

 

Position

 

 

What is position?

 

The total distance a particle has traveled in a specified period of time.
The location of a particle in space (i.e. the coordinate system).
The distance between where a particle ended up and where it started.

 

 

 

Is position a vector or a scalar?

 

vector
scalar

 

 

 

 

 

 

What is displacement?

 

The total distance a particle has traveled in a specified period of time.
The location of a particle in space (i.e. the coordinate system).
The distance between where a particle ended up and where it started.

 

 

 

 

 

What is total distance traveled?

 

The total distance a particle has traveled in a specified period of time.
The location of a particle in space (i.e. the coordinate system).
The distance between where a particle ended up and where it started.