Displacement

Summary

Displacement describes an object's motion over an interval

Key Equations:

Displacement:
$Δ x = x (t_{2}) - x (t_{1})$

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Definition

Displacement describes an object's motion over an interval. It's a vector quantity and can be positive or negative. Mathematically, displacement is described as a function $x (t)$ or described as the change over an interval

\begin{matrix} Displacment (1D) = x (t_{2}) - x (t_{1}) \\ Or as a form as velocity: \\ \vec{d} = \int_{a}^{b} \vec{v (t)} d t \end{matrix}

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