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Understanding and calculating marine displacement is essential for the design and operation of ships. This tutorial delves into the formulas and calculations associated with marine displacement, focusing on length, breadth, draft, and block coefficient.
A relative velocity problem can be one of the most difficult problems in a physics course. The Physics Classroom removes the difficult with this easy to understand Tutorial on the analysis of relative velocity situations.
Help students learn the difference between distance and displacement by showing examples of motion. As students watch, walk straight across the room and have students estimate the length of your path.
Problems with detailed solutions on displacement and distance of moving objects. Problem 1. An object moves from point A to point B to point C, then back to point B and then to point C along the line shown in the figure below. a) Find the distance covered by the moving object. b) Find the magnitude and direction of the displacement of the object.
Distance and Displacement Definitions. The distance is a scalar quantity (magnitude) that describes the length of the total path covered by a moving object. The displacement is a vector quantity (magnitude and direction) that describes the difference between the final and initial positions of a moving object.
The Relative Velocity and River Boat Problems Video Tutorial discusses the concept of relative velocity. The concept is applied to explain the analysis of the motion of planes moving amidst winds and the motion of boats heading up, down, and across a river in the presence of a current.
Drop a lump of clay in water. It will sink. Then mold the lump of clay into the shape of a boat, and it will float. Because of its shape, the boat displaces more water than the lump and experiences a greater buoyant force. The same is true of steel ships.
