| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Position | the location or coordinants |
| distance | the entire length of the path traveled |
| displacement | the length of the path between the starting and ending point |
| increases | to get larger or higher |
| decreases | to get smaller or lower |
| instantaneous velocity | geometrically the slope of the position-time graph at time (t). |
| average velocity | the distance traveled divided by an elapsed time with direction specified or assumed to be in the positive direction |
| negative slope | the line on the graph from the upper left to lower right |
| slope | equalts the rise divided by the run on a graph |
| positive slope | the line on the graph frm the lower left to the upper right |
| pathagorean theorm | a way for solving for the length of the missing side of the triangle using the equation: c^2 = a^2 + b^2 (where ^2 means squared) |
| "geometric method" | a way for solving for the length of the missing side of the triangle without using the equation |
| speed | the distance traveled divided by the elapsed time (no direction is specified) |
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