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
The slope of a distance versus time graph provides the instantaneous speed of an object. If data from this graph is then used to construct a speed versus time graph, the slope of that graph would provide the instantaneous acceleration.
If slope remains constant then body moves with uniform speed.
If slope changes (increases) by time then body is accelerated
If slope gets decreased then body has to be decelerated i.e retarded
It shows the component of the velocity of the object in the radial direction: that is, in the direction to (or away from) the point from which distances are measured. It says absolutely nothing about transverse motion. So, for example, the object could be running around the "origin" at any speed you like and the distance-versus-time graph will indicate no motion whatsoever!
The slope of the graph at any point is the object's speed at that time. (Not velocity.)
The slope of a distance versus time graph tells you the rate of change of distance with time. That is, it tells you the velocity.
position divided by time=speed. (y/x=speed). (slope=speed)
Velocity as v = ds/dt
the slope IS the speed
Velocity
The slope of the curve.
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.
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'.)
If the position is graphed vs time, then the slope (rate of change of position with respect to time) will be the same (parallel).
No. Slope of position/time graph is speed, or magnitude of velocity.Slope of speed/time graph is magnitude of acceleration.
The slope of the curve.
That means the speed (the slope of the position-time graph) is decreasing.
Assuming position is on the y axis and time is on the x axis, a positive slope means the position has increased over time.
Yes, acceleration is the slope of a velocity versus time graph.
The slope of the speed-vs-time graph is the magnitude of acceleration.
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.
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'.)
speed
The slope of a force vs. time graph is equal to the change in momentum or the Impulse.
If the position is graphed vs time, then the slope (rate of change of position with respect to time) will be the same (parallel).
exactly
Exactly.