Just like any \perpher vector, we can describe the velocity vector \(\vec{v}\) of an object in terms of its components. The \(x\) component of \(\vec{v}\), which we call \(v_x\), equals the \(x\) component of displacement (the change in the \(x\) coordinate during the time interval, \(\Delta{x} = x_2 - x_1\)) divided by the time interval \(\Delta{t} = t_2 - t_1\); we define \(v_y\), the \(y\) component of \(\vec{v}\), in a similar way.