The slope of a straight line tells the rate at which your variables are changing. In this case, it tells you how your velocity is changing over time, which in physics is how we define acceleration.
If you graph the velocity of an object vs time when it is falling through the air, it gives to the acceleration due to gravity because that is the acceleration all objects fall at.
Acceleration due to gravity (free fall) is a downward (negative) motion. On a position-time graph, the slope representing free fall will be a downward curve. On a velocity-time graph, the slope representing free fall will be a straight line with a negative (downward) slope.
The magnitude of acceleration.
Acceleration
The slope of a line on a velocity-time graph is acceleration.
That slope is the 'speed' of the motion. If the slope is changing, then the speed is changing. That's 'accelerated' motion. (It doesn't matter whether the speed is growing or shrinking. It's still 'accelerated' motion. 'Acceleration' does NOT mean 'speeding up'.)
A position time graph can show you velocity. As time changes, so does position, and the velocity of the object can be determined. For a speed time graph, you can derive acceleration. As time changes, so does velocity, and the acceleration of the object can be determined.If you are plotting velocity (speed) versus time, the slope is the acceleration.
take the slope of every change in the velocity time graph and plot it
The slope of the tangent line in a position vs. time graph is the velocity of an object. Velocity is the rate of change of position, and on a graph, slope is the rate of change of the function. We can use the slope to determine the velocity at any point on the graph. This works best with calculus. Take the derivative of the position function with respect to time. You can then plug in any value for x, and get the velocity of the object.
Yes it does. Velocity = Displacement / Time. On a graph of displacement vs time, the slope is the velocity. Steeper slope = higher velocity, flatter slope = lower velocity.
the slope at any point on the graph is the acceleration
The slope of a velocity-time graph represents acceleration.
The Slope (which represents acceleration) of a constant velocity graph is Zero.
The slope of a line on a velocity-time graph is acceleration.
False. The slope of a velocity vs time graph is acceleration
The slope of a velocity-time graph represents acceleration.
The slope of a velocity-time graph represents acceleration.
If an x-t graph is a position-time graph, velocity is the slope of the line on the graph.
if there is a slope, the velocity is either increasing or decreasing. This is acceleration.
velocity.
That slope is the 'speed' of the motion. If the slope is changing, then the speed is changing. That's 'accelerated' motion. (It doesn't matter whether the speed is growing or shrinking. It's still 'accelerated' motion. 'Acceleration' does NOT mean 'speeding up'.)