Why does Direction Matter ? āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ ?






Speed alone cannot tell where an object is going. (āĻ•ā§‡ā§ąāϞ āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϤāĻŋ (Speed) āĻ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ āĻ•’āϞ⧈ āĻ—ā§ˆ āφāϛ⧇ āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ•’āĻŦ āĻ¨ā§‹ā§ąāĻžā§°ā§‡āĨ¤)


Velocity = Speed + Direction (āĻŦ⧇āĻ— (Velocity) = āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϤāĻŋ + āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ)


Direction shows the true path of motion. (āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ⧇ āĻ—āϤāĻŋā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻĒāĻĨ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§ā§ąāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)


Example / āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ

  • Car A → 60 km/h East (āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§€ A → ā§Ŧā§Ļ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻŋ/āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž āĻĒā§‚āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ⧇)

  • Car B ↑ 60 km/h North (āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§€ B ↑ ā§Ŧā§Ļ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻŋ/āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ⧇)

  • Both cars have the same speed. (āĻĻ⧁āϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ–āύ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧀⧰ āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāϕ⧇āĨ¤)

  • But their directions are different. (āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϏāĻŋāĻšāρāϤ⧰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ āĻŦ⧇āϞ⧇āĻ—āĨ¤)

  • So, their velocities are different. (āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇, āϏāĻŋāĻšāρāϤ⧰ āĻŦ⧇āĻ—ā§‹ āĻŦ⧇āϞ⧇āĻ—āĨ¤)


Idea / āϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāĻž

Same Speed + Different Direction = Different Velocity (āĻāϕ⧇ āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϤāĻŋ + āĻŦ⧇āϞ⧇āĻ— āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ = āĻŦ⧇āϞ⧇āĻ— āĻŦ⧇āĻ—)


Two cars can move at the same speed but reach different places because direction changes the path. (āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§€ āĻāϕ⧇ āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϤāĻŋ⧰⧇ āϚāϞāĻŋāϞ⧇āĻ“ āĻŦ⧇āϞ⧇āĻ— āĻ āĻžāχāϤ āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§‡, āĻ•āĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ⧇ āĻĒāĻĨ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤)


Importance / āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ

  1. Pilots need direction to fly correctly. (āĻĒāĻžāχāϞāϟāϏāĻ•āϞ⧇ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžā§ąā§‡ āω⧰āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧈ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)

  2. Ships use direction to reach ports safely. (āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻœā§‡ āύāĻŋā§°āĻžāĻĒāĻĻ⧇ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§°āϤ āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧈ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤)

  3. GPS uses direction and speed together. (GPS āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ āφ⧰⧁ āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āϝāĻŧā§‹āϟāĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤)

  4. Drivers follow directions to reach destinations. (āϚāĻžāϞāĻ•āϏāĻ•āϞ⧇ āĻ—āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāϤ āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧈ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏ⧰āĻŖ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤)


Question:


A boy runs 10 km/h towards south. Is it speed or velocity ? (āĻāϜāύ āϞ’ā§°āĻž ā§§ā§Ļ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻŋ/āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž āĻŦ⧇āϗ⧇ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ⧇ āĻĻ⧌⧰āĻŋāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āχ āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϤāĻŋ āύ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻ— ?)

Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: Velocity (āĻŦ⧇āĻ—)


Why ? / āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ ? Because direction (south) is mentioned. (āĻ•āĻžā§°āĻŖ āχāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ (āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ) āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ– āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤)