What is Position in Physics? - Definition & Examples

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Which of these words accurately describes 'position'?

Vector.

What does a diagonal upwards-sloping line on a position-time graph mean?

The position is changing -- the object is moving away from the origin.

You run around, traveling a total of 45 meters, and end up 1 meter to the right of the origin. The x-axis points left to right. The y-axis points up and down. What is your position?

+1 meter (x direction)

What is position in physics?

A place where someone or something is located in terms of an axis.

What is a vector?

A quantity where direction matters.


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