Distance and Displacement in a Plane (HSC SSCE Physics): Quizzes
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What type of quantity is displacement?
What type of quantity is displacement?
A vector with magnitude and direction
Which factor determines displacement?
Which factor determines displacement?
Starting and ending positions only
A car travels 400 km from Town A to Town B and back to Town A. What is its displacement?
A car travels 400 km from Town A to Town B and back to Town A. What is its displacement?
Zero
In the formula , what does represent?
In the formula , what does represent?
Initial position vector
Where is a position vector always measured from?
Where is a position vector always measured from?
The origin of coordinate system
In the head-to-tail method, where do you place the second vector's tail?
In the head-to-tail method, where do you place the second vector's tail?
At the head of the first vector
What does the parallelogram rule demonstrate about vector addition?
What does the parallelogram rule demonstrate about vector addition?
Addition is commutative
How do you find the negative of a vector ?
How do you find the negative of a vector ?
Reverse its direction
Which formula gives the magnitude of resultant displacement from components?
Which formula gives the magnitude of resultant displacement from components?
In the orienteering example, what was the resultant displacement magnitude?
In the orienteering example, what was the resultant displacement magnitude?
721 m