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I am typing up some physics notes in Microsoft Word 2007, and I would like to know how to write
as in - The line over the v indicates an average or a mean.
Velocity is a measure of the rate of change of an object's position over time. It is a vector quantity, meaning it has both magnitude (speed) and direction. In physics, velocity is often represented by the symbol v.
Velocity is calculated by dividing the change in an object's position by the change in time. This can be represented by the equation v = Δx/Δt, where Δx is the change in position and Δt is the change in time.
There are three types of velocity: average velocity, instantaneous velocity, and terminal velocity. Average velocity is calculated over a specific time interval, instantaneous velocity is calculated at a specific moment in time, and terminal velocity is the maximum velocity an object can reach in a certain medium due to air resistance or other forces.
In physics typesetting, velocity is often represented by the symbol v in either regular or italic font. It can also be represented by an arrow above the symbol to indicate its vector nature.
While velocity and speed are often used interchangeably in everyday language, they have different meanings in physics. Velocity is a vector quantity that includes both magnitude (speed) and direction, while speed is a scalar quantity that only represents magnitude. In other words, velocity tells us the rate and direction of an object's motion, while speed only tells us the rate.