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Q: Why does a ball roll faster on a steeper ramp than a less steep ramp?
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What does a less steep slope on a displacement vs time graph indicate?

A less steep slope indicates a slower velocity than that of a steeper slope.


How does changing the slope of a linear function affect its graph?

It rotated the line about the point of intersection with the y-axis.


Why does a ball tavel faster down a steep ramp than it does down a less steep ramp?

To start, the ball has potential energy. When you put it on a ramp (any size) its potential energy is turned into kinetic energy. When you put it on a higher ramp, there is more potential energy, because the ball is higher up. Think about going to the top of a tall building. You start at the lobby, and let's say you take the elevator to the penthouse. You may notice feeling heavier. The same thing happens to the ball, and that's why balls on higher ramps go farther.


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Use more or less force than you usually do, more force, faster ball, less force, slower ball.


Why does milk freeze faster than whine?

In a nut shell, because heat transfers faster from hotter to colder, like how a car will roll down a steep hill faster that it will roll down a hill that is less steep.


True or False the steeper the demand curve the less elastic the demand curve?

It is false that the steeper the demand curve the less elastic the demand curve. The steeper line is used in economics to indicate the inelastic demand curve.


What equation has a steeper line?

For a positive number, as the slope(y=mx+b where m is the slope) gets greater in value, the line gets steeper when plotted on a graph. For a negative number, as the slope(y=mx+b where m is the slope) gets greater in value, the line gets less steep when plotted on a graph.


Does the height of the ramp affect the distance a ball will roll?

The larger the angle of the ramp the farther the ball will roll once it's reached the floor at the bottom of the ramp, until you make the ramp so steep that the ball rolls for shorter and shorter distances each time. Imagine that when the ramp is really steep the ball's direction is mainly into the floor and not along the floor anymore, so it's probably going to bounce a bit depending on what it's made of and not roll very much at all.


Without graphing how can you tell which slope is steeper?

For a positive number, as the slope(y=mx+b where m is the slope) gets greater in value, the line gets steeper when plotted on a graph. For a negative number, as the slope(y=mx+b where m is the slope) gets greater in value, the line gets less steep when plotted on a graph.


Why is pahoehoe lava slower moving than Aa lava?

It doesn't necesarily. Pahoehoe is less viscous, so all else being equal, it will move faster. However, a n a'a flow will move faster on a steeper slope.


Less steep blue area or orange area on a map?

Blue area are less steep


How do you compare slopes math wise?

Mathwise, you would want to represent a slope with a number, in such a way that the steeper slope would have a larger number. That way, you could look at the numbers of two or more slopes, and just from the numbers, you could tell mathwise which slope is more steep or less steep, and whether it slopes up or down.