Any motion in which objects take a straight path is known as a rectilinear motion. Following are the many examples of rectilinear motion in our daily lives.
- People riding an elevator within a building are in rectilinear motion.
- The hot water that falls into the coffee cup from a coffee vending machine is in rectilinear motion.
- Bowling balls within a lane is in rectilinear motion.
- Planes in the sky that move in a straight line is in rectilinear motion.
- A ball rolling down an inclined plane is considered to be in rectilinear motion.
- Skateboarders going down an inclined path are in rectilinear motion.
