Speed, Velocity, Displacement, Graphs (1D)


Finally here is our familiar friend the hockey puck bouncing off a wall a. Now an arrow showing the displacement from the original position is shown.

  1. Why are the values of position (x) and displacement different?
  2. How are they related?
  3. How would you show displacement on the graph?
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Adapted by Vern Lindberg from physlet problem authored by Mario Belloni using Wolfgang Christian's Physlets. See Giancoli-PA: 2-5, Giancoli-SE: 2-5.© 2000 by Prentice-Hall, Inc. A Pearson Company