Physics GCSE
Typical values
What Typical values means in Physics GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Typical values
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Reference: OCR
Human reaction times are around 0.2 s to 0.3 s, with the ruler dropping roughly 20 cm to 45 cm.
Topics that use Typical values
- Physics on the move (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- braking distance
- Everyday transport speeds
- Experimental method
- force
- Order-of-magnitude estimation
- Rate equations and unit consistency
- Rate of change of velocity
- reaction time
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