In the last sections we have learned scalar and vector concepts. The position of a rabbit along a straight tunnel as a function of time is plotted. Speed can be thought of as the rate at which an object covers distance.
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A fast moving object has a high speed and covers a relatively large distance in a given amount.
You can calculate the instantaneous speed of an object using limits.
Say that you and your calculus loving cat are hanging out one day and you decide to drop a ball. Instantaneous speed and velocity looks at really small displacements over really small periods of time. During a typical trip to school your car will undergo a series of changes in its speed. If you were to inspect the speedometer.
With the technical preliminaries out of the way the two fundamental aspects of calculus may be examined.
Although it is not immediately obvious. Speed describes only how fast an object is moving whereas velocity gives both how fast it is and in which direction the object is moving. If a car is said to travel. Lesson 1 describing motion with words.
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