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1.2 Quantifying Motion

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Time

Time is one of the fundamental measurements used to describe a sequence of events, the duration of events, and the intervals between them. Time is a scalar quantity, represented with the variable t{t}, and measured in units of seconds (s).

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  1. 1.1Scalars and VectorsPreview lesson
  2. 1.2Quantifying MotionThis lesson
  3. 1.3Kinematic EquationsPreview lesson
  4. 1.4Graphing MotionPreview lesson
  5. 1.5Relative MotionPreview lesson
  6. 1.6Motion in Two or Three DimensionsPreview lesson

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