When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Calculus is a branch of mathematics that explores variables and how they change by looking at ...

The only difference between velocity and speed is that velocity has a direction, and so is a vector quantity. Average velocity = \(\frac{\text{displacement}}{\text{time}}\) Displacement is the ...

Displacement close displacementA distance measured in a specified direction. is the distance moved in a straight line, in a given direction, from the starting point. Displacement = 24 m east. Velocity ...

The Calculus is made up of a few basic principles that anyone can understand. If looked at in the right way, it’s easy to apply these principles to the world around you and to see how the real world ...

But what is the difference? If you ask any person on the street, they might say there is no difference. In non-physics use, they would be correct. However, in physics we have very specific definitions ...

This is probably the last of three articles on how piecewise-linear functions could be used as a helpful on-ramp to the big ideas in calculus. In the first article, we saw how it’s possible to develop ...