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Four steps of problem solving strategy
Identify, Setup, Execute, Evaluate
Unit of distance and unit of time
meter, second
model
It is a simplified version of a physical system that would be too complicated to analyze in full detail.
unit vector
A(n) ________ has a magnitude of 1, with no units.
Displacement
________ is simply a change in the position of an object.
scalar quantity.
When a physical quantity is described by a single number, it is a scalar quantity.
vector quantity
has both a magnitude and a direction in space.
negative vector
A vector with the same magnitude but in the opposite direction is known as a negative vector
antiparallel vector
When two vectors and have opposite directions, whether their magnitudes are the same or not, we say that they are antiparallel.
