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What is kinematics based on?
What is kinematics based on?
Numerical coordinates
What does a positive average velocity indicate?
What does a positive average velocity indicate?
The position coordinate increases over the interval in question
How is a body's trajectory represented?
How is a body's trajectory represented?
By a function that assigns to each value of a time variable the values of all the position coordinates
How is the instantaneous velocity denoted?
How is the instantaneous velocity denoted?
What concept is used to define the velocity and all other derivatives?
What concept is used to define the velocity and all other derivatives?
According to Newton's first law of motion, what happens to a body when no force is acting on it?
According to Newton's first law of motion, what happens to a body when no force is acting on it?
What is the relationship between the net force on a body and its acceleration and mass?
What is the relationship between the net force on a body and its acceleration and mass?
When two bodies exert forces on each other, what can be said about the magnitude and direction of these forces?
When two bodies exert forces on each other, what can be said about the magnitude and direction of these forces?
In which publication did Isaac Newton first state the three laws of motion?
In which publication did Isaac Newton first state the three laws of motion?
What are the limitations to Newton's laws of motion that have been discovered?
What are the limitations to Newton's laws of motion that have been discovered?
