You can use the steepness, or slope, of a line in a distance-time graph to determine the speed of an object if speed is constant. The slope of the line is calculated by dividing the change in distance by the change in time for that time interval.
A line angled upward
When an object's speed increases the graph is a staight line going upwards but when an objects's speed decreases then the graph is a straight line going downwards.
Deceleration is shown on a time-velocity graph by the rate of change of the curve. Acceleration is equivalent to the first-order derivative of velocity.
The graph curves upward, because as time goes on, the speed of the object ...
the magnitude of its velocity ... keeps growing.
a horizontal line.
the object is not moving
no motion
Straight line
The line would be going diagnley to the right
Speed-Versus-Time, Distance-Versus-Time.
the object is not moving
no motion
horizontal
A straight horizontal one does.
Straight line
Speed-Versus-Time Graph and Distance-Versus-Time graph are the two types of graphs that can be used to analyze the motion of an accelerating object.
the slope show the velocity of the object which show its direction and magnitude.
the slope would be speed.
The distance versus time graph shows the position of the object. The slope of the line shows the velocity of the object. The velocity is the direction and speed of an object. If your slope has a positive slant that means you are going in a positive direction. If the slope has a negative slant your object is going in a negative direction. If your slope is zero (a horizontal line) that means your object has stopped and is about to change directions. In case you didnt know a positive slant looks like this on a graph.... / a negative slant looks like this on a graph.... \ postive is like sloping up a hill negative is like falling down the hill
If the line formed by the graph is straight, the speed is constant. A horizontal line would show the object as stationary.
a straight line with a positive slope
It would be anything other than a horizontal line.