minus-squareFewerWheels@lemmy.worldtoDad Jokes@lemmy.world•So this is math, is it?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 months agoVelociraptor = positionraptor/time. As written the raptor cancels and you get a scalar not a vector, simply speed. Edit, there is no operator before the raptor so probably best not to cancel. Scalar: speedraptor = distanceraptor/ timeraptor Vector: velociraptor = positionraptor/ timeraptor linkfedilink
minus-squareFewerWheels@lemmy.worldtoDad Jokes@lemmy.world•So this is math, is it?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 months agoWithout a direction it is a scalar not a vector, so it is speedraptor. linkfedilink
Velociraptor = positionraptor/time. As written the raptor cancels and you get a scalar not a vector, simply speed.
Edit, there is no operator before the raptor so probably best not to cancel.
Scalar: speedraptor = distanceraptor/ timeraptor
Vector: velociraptor = positionraptor/ timeraptor