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Physics · Topic 52

Vectors, displacement and relative motion

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Speed of a particle from its vector velocity components

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Speed of a particle from its vector velocity components

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Angle between two perpendicular displacement vectors

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Displacement of a particle from its initial and final position vectors

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Speed of one particle relative to another from vector velocities

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Speed from a time-dependent acceleration vector by integration

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Riddle: velocity as the rate of change of displacement

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Riddle: displacement as a vector quantity

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Relative motion and speed comparison of two vehicles at the instant of overtaking (true/false)

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True or false: the gradient of a displacement-time graph gives velocity

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True or false: rate of change of displacement equals velocity

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Acceleration from a velocity change over a given displacement, v²=u²+2as

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Displacement or acceleration from v²=u²+2ad (three variants)

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Displacement magnitude vs distance moved, for a general path and a straight-line path (true/false)

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