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An object moving with uniform acceleration has a uniform change in velocity over time, and its velocity-time graph will be a straight line with either a positive or negative slope. An object moving with no acceleration has constant velocity, and its velocity-time graph will be a straight, horizontal line with zero slope. Refer to the related link for illustrations.
If the graph of speed versus time is a straight line, then the acceleration is constant/uniform. If the graph is curved or has a sharp corner, the acceleration is non-uniform, i.e. not constant. A uniform acceleration means the speed changes by fixed amount every unit of time, e.g. +3 m/s every second.
Acceleration is negative when the object is moving in the opposite direction. on a graph the line would be in the negative quadrant.
A body moving at a uniform speed may have a uniform velocity, or its velocity could be changing. How could that be? Let's look. The difference between speed and velocity is that velocity is speed.
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An object moving with uniform acceleration has a uniform change in velocity over time, and its velocity-time graph will be a straight line with either a positive or negative slope. An object moving with no acceleration has constant velocity, and its velocity-time graph will be a straight, horizontal line with zero slope. Refer to the related link for illustrations.
The slope of a velocity-time graph that shows uniform acceleration is the actual acceleration. Instantaneous velocity is the velocity of a body at a particular moment in time.
If the graph of speed versus time is a straight line, then the acceleration is constant/uniform. If the graph is curved or has a sharp corner, the acceleration is non-uniform, i.e. not constant. A uniform acceleration means the speed changes by fixed amount every unit of time, e.g. +3 m/s every second.
Velocity.
The answer depends on whether the graph is that of speed v time or distance v time.
acceleration
Acceleration is negative when the object is moving in the opposite direction. on a graph the line would be in the negative quadrant.
My interpretation is that the car and any motion, like the graph, do not exist.
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A straight slanted slope on a velocity-time graph indicates that the object is moving with a constant acceleration.
A body moving at a uniform speed may have a uniform velocity, or its velocity could be changing. How could that be? Let's look. The difference between speed and velocity is that velocity is speed with a direction vector associated with it. If a car is going from, say, Cheyenne, Wyoming to the Nebraska state line at a steady speed of 70 miles per hour, its velocity is 70 miles per hour east. Simple and easy. Uniform speed equals uniform velocity. (Yes, I-80 isn't perfectly straight there. Let's not split hairs.) But a car moving around a circular track at a uniform speed is constantly changing direction. Its speed is constant, but its velocity is changing every moment because the directionit is going is changing. Speed is uniform, but velocity isn't. As asked, uniform speed is a uniform distance per unit of time. And this will yield a uniform distance per unit of time in its velocity, but the direction vector may be uniform or it may be changing each moment, as illustrated.
A body moving at a uniform speed may have a uniform velocity, or its velocity could be changing. How could that be? Let's look. The difference between speed and velocity is that velocity is speed.