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Video Discussion: Introduction to Displacement and the Difference between Displacement and Distance


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Name: Introduction to Displacement and the Difference between Displacement and Distance

Category: Kinematics

Date Added: 21 May 2014 - 08:43 AM

Submitter: Flipping Physics

Short Description: None Provided

An introduction to Displacement including many different descriptions of displacement. This video also describes the differences between displacement and distance. There are also three different examples illustrating those differences.

Times of Content:

0:23 First description of displacement

1:13 The symbol for displacement

2:32 The equation for displacement

3:28 Dimensions for displacement

4:16 Defining magnitude

4:50 Displacement does not equal distance

5:34 Defining Directions (up does not equal North)

7:35 1st Example

8:28 2nd Example

9:27 3rd Example (my personal favorite)

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