A roof tile falls from rest from the top of a building. An observer inside the building notices that it takes 0.4 seconds for the tile to pass her window, which has a height of 1.6m. How far above the top of this window is the roof?
Displacement, Velocity and Acceleration
In classical mechanics, kinematics deals with the motion of a particle. It deals only with the position, velocity, acceleration, and displacement of a particle. It has no concern about the source of motion.
Linear Displacement
The term "displacement" refers to when something shifts away from its original "location," and "linear" refers to a straight line. As a result, “Linear Displacement” can be described as the movement of an object in a straight line along a single axis, for example, from side to side or up and down. Non-contact sensors such as LVDTs and other linear location sensors can calculate linear displacement. Non-contact sensors such as LVDTs and other linear location sensors can calculate linear displacement. Linear displacement is usually measured in millimeters or inches and may be positive or negative.
A roof tile falls from rest from the top of a building. An observer inside the building notices that it takes 0.4
seconds for the tile to pass her window, which has a height of 1.6m. How far above the top of this window is
the roof?
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