Displacement, Velocity and Acceleration
In classical mechanics, kinematics deals with the motion of a particle. It deals only with the position, velocity, acceleration, and displacement of a particle. It has no concern about the source of motion.
Linear Displacement
The term "displacement" refers to when something shifts away from its original "location," and "linear" refers to a straight line. As a result, “Linear Displacement” can be described as the movement of an object in a straight line along a single axis, for example, from side to side or up and down. Non-contact sensors such as LVDTs and other linear location sensors can calculate linear displacement. Non-contact sensors such as LVDTs and other linear location sensors can calculate linear displacement. Linear displacement is usually measured in millimeters or inches and may be positive or negative.
![Juliet has been captured by Thugs and is being held in a castle surrounded by a 75.0
m wide moat filled with alligators. She is in a room with a balcony(of course!) that is
8.0 m above the ground. On a moonlit night, Romeo throws a love note tied to a rock
across and up to her. The rock has a velocity of 27.0 m/s at an angle of 38.0 degrees
above the horizontal.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F7f1202f9-d6e4-4b65-aae9-aa312d9210f7%2F40fd25a5-2bdd-4dfb-a5d4-eced4cd4bfa7%2Fbsga9v_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
![b) What is the y component of the initial velocity?
O 21.3 m/s
O 16.6 m/s
O 25.8 m/s
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