Answer to Question #263902 in Physics for Chris

Question

A. Illustrate the equations that describe the physical quantities of motion:

distance, displacement, velocity and acceleration.

Answer 1

Distance: the total distance covered, the sum of each individual displacement.

Displacement: the difference between the final and initial position, the distance along a straight line that connects the final and initial points.

Velocity: how fast something moves in a given direction.

Acceleration: how fast something changes velocity.