NCERT Solutions for class 11 Physics Chapter 4: Motion in a plane

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The NCERT Solutions for Class 11 Physics Chapter 4 Motion in a plane are provided in the article below. The motion of a body can be referred to as its change in position depending on its surroundings in a given time interval. The motion of any object which has some mass can be measured in distance, displacement, speed and velocity, acceleration, and time.

Class 11 Physics Chapter 4 Motion in a Plane belongs to Unit 2 Kinematics which has a weightage of 23 marks along with Unit 1 Physical World and Measurement and Unit 3 Laws of Motion. NCERT Solutions for Chapter 4 Physics Class 11 deals with the concept of scalars and vectors, uniform circular motion, and relative velocity in two dimensions.

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NCERT Solutions for Class 11 Physics Chapter 4

Class 11 Physics Chapter 4 – Concepts Covered

Motion in a plane is known as motion in two dimensions. For example, projectile motion, circular motion etc.
Scalar Quantities are the physical quantities that are specified by their magnitude or size alone.

Examples of Scalar Quantities – Length, mass, density, speed, work, etc

Vector Quantities are the physical quantities that are characterised by both magnitude and direction.

Example of Vector Quantities – Velocity, displacement, acceleration, force, momentum, torque etc.

A unit vector is a vector with a unit magnitude that points in a particular direction. It is used to only specify the direction.

It can be represented as \(\widehat{A} = { \overrightarrow{A} \over |\overrightarrow{A}|}\)

Parallelogram Law of Vector Addition: If \(\overrightarrow{A}\)and \(\overrightarrow{B}\) are the two adjacent sides of a parallelogram, inclined at an angle \(\theta\), then the magnitude of resultant vector is determined.

\(R = \sqrt{A^2 + B^2 +2ABcos\theta}\)

The projectile is an initial inclined velocity which subsequently follows a path determined by the gravitational force that acts on it and by the frictional resistance of the air.
The path followed by a projectile is known as its trajectory.

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