Can the reaction distance be a negitive?

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05-11-2017
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Can the reaction distance be a negitive?

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hammoudsami hammoudsami · Answer 1 · 2017-11-05T19:03:27+01:00

hammoudsami hammoudsami

05-11-2017

Yes. Displacement is a vector, as opposed to distance, which is a scalar. Since displacement is a vector quantity, the negative sign represents direction. As with velocity and acceleration, it just comes down to how you define your coordinate system

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