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marvalacena
Feb 26, 2010, 05:27 AM
Formula of displacement?

marvalacena
Feb 26, 2010, 05:28 AM
Formula of displacement

ebaines
Feb 26, 2010, 09:38 AM
I'm taking a guess as to what your question really is, but here you go. Displacement as a functon of time, assuming constant acceleration, is:


x(t) = x_0 + v_0 t + \frac 1 2 a t^2

Unknown008
Feb 27, 2010, 08:39 AM
Displacement in general is the distance between the final point and the initial point of a body.

You can apply the formula that ebaines mentioned above to find displacement when the initial velocity, the acceleration (zero when velocity is constant) and time is given.

There is another which can give the displacement, given the initial and final speed and the acceleration.

v^2 = u^2 + 2as

Which can be rearranged into:

s = \frac{v^2-u^2}{2a}