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Question
How are we different from linear motion and random motion?
Solution
| Linear motion | Random motion |
| The type of motion in which the object moves from one point to another in a straight line is called linear motion. | The type of motion in which the direction of motion and the speed of an object changes continuously is called random motion. |
| For example: Vehicles moving on a straight road | For example: Children playing in a garden |
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