A straight line on a distance/time graph means that the speed is constant. In every unit of time the distance increases by the same amount.
Constant speed is shown on a graph using straight lines. The straight line indicates that there are no fluctuations with the speed.
Distance you read off directly from the graph. Speed is the rate of increase of distance, so it is the slope (gradient) of the graph.
-- The distance/time graph for an object in uniform motion is a straight line,which may be sloped.-- The distance/time graph for an object in non-uniform motion may be a linethat isn't straight. But even if the graph is a straight line, that's not enoughto guarantee that the object's motion is uniform ... the distance/time graphreveals the object's speed, but not the direction of its motion.
If the distance/time graph is a straight line that makes a constant angel with the time axis, then the body's speed is constant, and is equal to the slope of the straight line (tangent of the constant angel).
The slope of a velocity-time graph represents acceleration.
An incline represents acceleration, a straight line represents a constant speed and a decline represents slowing down.
The slope of a distance-time graph represents speed.
The gradient (slope) of the tangent to the graph at the given time - provided that it exists. If the graph is a straight line at that point, it is the gradient of that line.
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speed
The graph is a straight line. Its slope is the speed.
A curved line represents changing speed - either acceleration or deceleration - while a straight line indicates that the speed is constant.
Distance and time
straight line
The slope of a line on a distance-time graph represents the speed or velocity. The steeper the line is and the greater the slope of the line is, the faster the object is moving.
a sloped straight line
Yes. Speed is the rate at which distance changes over time. In calculus terms v = dx/dt, or the slope of the distance vs. time graph. If the slope of the distance vs. time graph is a straight line, the speed is constant.