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Some key words helpful while solving problems of kinematics

Following notations / inferences (right side) may be written / considered when you read the lines below (left side)


Uniform linear motion                                      a=0

started from rest                                          u=0

comes to rest                                              v=0

stopped                                                    v=0

pentrated through distance x and stopped                   v=0 

straight line and unidirectional                 speed=velocity (magnitude)

vertically upward motion                         u and g opposite sign

vertically downward motion                       u and g same sign

higher slope of x-t graph                        higher velocity

displacement in 5th second                       dispacement in 5 second - displacement in 4 second

constant velocity                                graph between v & t  will be a line paralled to time axis. 

Area under v-t graph                             Displacement as x=vt

 

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