Solving 2D Velocity & Acceleration Problems in Physics - [1-4-3]

In this lesson, we will learn how to solve problems in physics that involve velocity and acceleration in the xy plane. These are called two dimensional (2d) velocity and acceleration problems. We will define a starting and ending point of an object and calculate the velocity in the x and y directions as the object moves to the ending position.

[erikgutierrez]

Coming from a mechanical engineer major who is feeling nostalgic about his studies I would love to say your explanations of this topic are VERY clear and concise. Thank you very much for this content.

[paulatlin]

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[ioannisgkan]

That was an amazing explanation SIR
Well done 👏

[YujiuWang-qcbn]

Please convert the problem of the video to meter ("meter" is a type of length here).

[jholland]

I don’t understand why you would not just calculate the length of the resultant vector, using the amount of change in X, and Y coordinates, and then use the Pythagorean theorem to calculate the length of the vector, followed by dividing the length by the elapsed time to calculate the average velocity. Just trying to understand. Thank you so much for your videos!!

[jjsmallpiece]

Why leave the unnecessary trailing 0's in the calculation? They obviously make no difference to the calculation.