Displacement of a Body Before Coming to Rest:
Displacement is the change in position of a body over time, when a body is moving and comes to rest, its displacement is the distance it has covered in the direction of its initial velocity before coming to rest.
- The displacement of a body before coming to rest can be calculated using the equation: displacement = initial velocity * time + (1/2) * acceleration * time^2.
- Initial velocity refers to the velocity of the body before it starts to slow down.
- Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity with time, and it is negative for a body slowing down or coming to rest.
- Time is the duration for which the body was slowing down or coming to rest.
- The above equation assumes that the body was slowing down with a constant acceleration.
- If the acceleration was not constant, more complex equations would need to be used to calculate the displacement.