if the segments on the disp vs time graph are straight lines, you merely measure the slope of those lines; the velocity is the slope of the line
so if the disp vs time graph shows a straight line of slope 3 between say t=0 and t=4, then you know the object had a constant speed of 3 units between t=0 and t=4;
if the disp vs time graph is curved, then you need to find the slope of the tangent line to the disp vs time curve at each point; the slope of this tangent line is the instantaneous speed at the time, and with several such measurements you can construct your v vs t graph
You could easily find acceleration at given time, it would be simply the slope of line tangent to the graph, touching it at point corresponding to given time.
Also, you can tell the total distance traveled by object in a given direction by integrating the field between the graph and time line(finding its area).
Velocity time graph is the graphical representation of velocity of a body in motion in different instant of time.
This kind of graph can be drawn in different ways, but it is common for the time scale goes to the right, and the dependent variable (a variable that depends on time) up.
from a velocity time graph you can find the distance the object travelled per second.
1. Slope of the graph gives acceleration.
2. Area under the graph gives the total distance traveled.
Note that the graph can't show velocity, only speed.
The slope of the graph is the magnitude of acceleration.
The area under the graph is distance covered.
The gradient of the tangent to the velocity-time graph at any point is the acceleration at that point. If the v-t graph is a straight line then the gradient of that line is the acceleration.
It shows acceleration.
It's almost impossible to graph the direction of motion against time. So that information is usually missing, and what you really have is a SPEED/time graph.
Velocity is NOT the slope of the acceleration vs. time graph. Velocity is the area under the acceleration vs. time graph. Velocity is the slope of a position vs. time graph, though. For you Calculus Junkies, v = the integral of acceleration with respect to time.
The Average Velocity on a position time graph or a velocity time graph.
A velocity-time graph is often a misnomer since it is, in almost all cases, a graph showing the component of velocity in the direction towards and away from a fixed point of reference. The graphs do not usually included any information on the motion in a perpendicular direction. Therefore, a straight line in a "velocity"-time graph indicates that there is no acceleration in the radial direction.
The rate of acceleration is a measure of the change of the velocity of an object with time. On a graph of velocity versus time, it is represented by the slope of the line so graphed. If velocity is changing in time, the object described is being accelerated. The greater the slope of the graph, the greater the change of velocity per unit of time and the greater the acceleration of that object. true
Mass, possibly.
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.
It's almost impossible to graph the direction of motion against time. So that information is usually missing, and what you really have is a SPEED/time graph.
A velocity time graph is still a velocity time graph - no matter the degree of detail that you look at it.
Velocity is NOT the slope of the acceleration vs. time graph. Velocity is the area under the acceleration vs. time graph. Velocity is the slope of a position vs. time graph, though. For you Calculus Junkies, v = the integral of acceleration with respect to time.
take the slope of every change in the velocity time graph and plot it
Your acceleration vs. Time graph is the slope of your velocity vs. time graph
The Average Velocity on a position time graph or a velocity time graph.
The rate of change in velocity in given time. By Suraj Kumar
Simply put, a velocity time graph is velocity (m/s) in the Y coordinate and time (s) in the X and a position time graph is distance (m) in the Y coordinate and time (s) in the X if you where to find the slope of a tangent on a distance time graph, it would give you the velocity whereas the slope on a velocity time graph would give you the acceleration.
The graph of velocity-time is the acceleration.
A velocity-time graph is often a misnomer since it is, in almost all cases, a graph showing the component of velocity in the direction towards and away from a fixed point of reference. The graphs do not usually included any information on the motion in a perpendicular direction. Therefore, a straight line in a "velocity"-time graph indicates that there is no acceleration in the radial direction.