NCERT Solutions For Class 11 Physics Chapter 3: Motion in a Straight Line

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NCERT Solutions for Class 11 Physics Chapter 3 Motion in a Straight Line deals with the concepts of Position, path length and displacement, acceleration, kinematic equations, and relative velocity. Motion is the change in the position of an object over a specific period of time with respect to its surroundings. According to Newton’s first law of motion, a body without any net force on it continues to move in a straight line with a permanent velocity until and unless the body is subjected to a net force.

Class 11 Physics Chapter 3 Motion in a Straight Line belongs to Unit 2 Kinematics. Unit 2 along with Unit 1 Physical World and Measurement and Unit 3 Laws of Motion has a weightage of 23 marks. Class 11 Physics Chapter 3 NCERT Solutions covers position-time graphs, calculation of velocity, acceleration, etc.

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Class 11 Physics Chapter 3 – Concepts Covered

An object is in motion if its position changes with time

Based on the position coordinates, motion can be classified as –

(i) One-dimensional motion: A particle in motion along a straight line or a path is said to be in one dimensional motion.
(ii) Two-dimensional motion: A particle in motion in a plane is said to be in two dimensional motion.
(iii) Three-dimensional motion: A particle that is moving in space is said to undergo three dimensional motion.

The total length of the actual path travelled by a particle between its initial and final positions is referred to as the distance travelled by the particle.
Displacement of a particle is the change in the position of a particle in a particular direction during a period of time.

- Displacement has direction while distance does not.

- The magnitude of displacement can be both negative and positive whereas distance is always positive.

Speed is the time rate at which a given object is moving along a path.

An object is said to move with a uniform speed if it covers equal distances in equal intervals of time, howsoever small these intervals may be.

Velocity is the rate and direction of the movement of an object.

An object is said to move with uniform velocity if it covers equal displacements in equal intervals of time, howsoever small these intervals may be.

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