All Textbook Topics - Forces and Motion - Speed, Distance and Time - Time is often represented by a 't' in equations and the unit is s
Time is often represented by a 't' in equations and the unit is s
't' is often used to represent time in equations.
A good example of this is in the equation speed = distance / time with the symbol equation being: s=d/t
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The most common unit of time is the second and is commonly represented as an 's'.
An example of this in use is saying 20 seconds or 20s.
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