A severe storm on January 10, 1992, caused acargo ship near the Aleutian Islands to spill 29,000 rubber ducks and other bath toys into the ocean. Ten months later hundredsof rubber ducks began to appear along the shoreline near Sitka,Alaska, roughly 1600 miles away. What was the approximate average speed of the ocean current that carried the ducks to shore in(a) m>s and (b) mi>h? (Rubber ducks from the same spill began toappear on the coast of Maine in July 2003.)
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 severe storm on January 10, 1992, caused a
cargo ship near the Aleutian Islands to spill 29,000 rubber ducks and other bath toys into the ocean. Ten months later hundreds
of rubber ducks began to appear along the shoreline near Sitka,
Alaska, roughly 1600 miles away. What was the approximate average speed of the ocean current that carried the ducks to shore in
(a) m>s and (b) mi>h? (Rubber ducks from the same spill began to
appear on the coast of Maine in July 2003.)
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