Showing posts with label position update. Show all posts
Showing posts with label position update. Show all posts

Monday, March 4, 2013

Position Update Formula

The position update formula simply states that given the initial position ($\vec{r}_i$) of an object, we can predict the final position ($\vec{r}_f$) using the average velocity ($\vec{v}_{avg}$) and change in time ($\Delta t$).

$$\Delta \vec{r} = \vec{v}_{avg} \Delta t$$
$$\vec{r}_f - \vec{r}_i = \vec{v}_{avg}(t_f - t_i)$$
Or just simply
$$\vec{r}_f = \vec{r}_i + \vec{v}_{avg} \Delta t$$