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Rohan Glenn
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29 December, 03:06
Can the reaction distance be a negitive?
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Myah Choi
29 December, 03:33
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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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