<p align="right">Last Update: <font color="#4f81bd">November 13, 2024</font></p> ## BIG IDEAS - The change in [[Notes Vault/Physics Notes Vault/Kinematics/1D Motion/Position]]. - Displacement is a [[Vectors|vector]]. - Displacement is the shortest distance between two points. - Displacement may be a negative (to indicate direction). - The SI unit for displacement is [[meter]]. - The symbol for displacement is $\Delta \vec{x}$ along the horizontal and $\Delta \vec{y}$ along the vertical. --- $\Delta {x} = x - x_0$ $\Delta {y} = y - y_0$ >[!faq] What is $\Delta {x}$? >The triangle (Delta, $\Delta$) is a math symbol describes a change or difference between two values. In physics, it is always the <span style="background:#d3f8b6">final minus the initial values</span>. ### Video <div class="sp-embed-player" data-id="cr63DyVlVrs"><script src="https://go.screenpal.com/player/appearance/cr63DyVlVrs"></script><iframe width="100%" height="480px" style="border:0;" scrolling="no" src="https://go.screenpal.com/player/cr63DyVlVrs?width=100%&height=480px&ff=1&title=0" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></div> --- Return [[Home|Home]] | [[Mechanics]] | [[Notes Vault/Physics Notes Vault/Kinematics/Kinematics|Kinematics]] | [[Notes Vault/Physics Notes Vault/Dynamics/Dynamics|Dynamics]] | [[Distance]] | [[Hooke's Law]] | [[Notes Vault/Physics Notes Vault/Kinematics/1D Motion/Position|Position]]