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How can you calculate the speed in a distance time graph?
speed is the gradient under the distance vs time graph which is change in distance /change in time
What does the slope of the distance time graph represent?
The slope of a distance-time graph represents speed.
How can you get speed of an object from its distance-time graph?
The speed is the slope of the curve in such a graph.
How can speed be determined from a graph of distance vs time?
Slope of the graph will give you speed.
What does a speed time graph indicate about an object's motion?
A distance time graph would show the distance traveled.
A distance-time graph for a body starting from rest how will you determine the speed of a body from this graph?
The instantaneous slope at any point along the graphed line is the speed at that point in time.
What kind of graph shows an object's speed?
Speed = distance / time A line graph with distance on the vertical axis and time on the horizontal axis could be used to determine speed. The speed would equal the slope of the line. Alternatively, a line graph with distance/time on the vertical axis and time on the horizontal axis would show speed. The acceleration would equal the slope of the line.
How is a distance- time graph different than a speed time graph?
The variable plotted along the vertical axis is the distance in the first case, speed in the second. The gradient of (the tangent to) the distance-time graph is the speed while the area under the curve of the speed-time graph is the distance.
How can you calculate the speed in a distance time graph?
speed is the gradient under the distance vs time graph which is change in distance /change in time
What is the significance of distanced-time graph?
A distance time graph is important because it helps determine the speed of a person or object. The use of the graph helps to easily interpret the results.
Sketch a distance-time graph for a body starting from rest how will you determine the speed of a body from this graph?
It is not possible to sketch anything using this browser. The speed of a body cannot be determined from a distance-time graph. The slope of the graph is a measure of the radial velocity - that is the speed directly towards or directly away from the starting point. However, there is absolutely no information of any motion in a transverse direction. Since motion in this direction cannot be assumed to be 0, the distance-time graph cannot be used to determine speed.
What happens to a graph of time and distance as speed increases?
The graph of distance vs time increases exponentially as speed increases.
Why area below the distance-time graph is used to calculate speed?
That's not correct. If you have a graph of distance as a function of time, the speed is the slope of the graph.
Is acceleration the slope of a line on a distance time graph?
No. The slope of the distance-time graph is the change in distance per unit of time - otherwise known as speed. Acceleration is the slope of the speed time graph.
What does the slope of the distance time graph represent?
The slope of a distance-time graph represents speed.
How can you get speed of an object from its distance-time graph?
The speed is the slope of the curve in such a graph.
How can you get speed and distance covered by a body from distance time graph?
Distance you read off directly from the graph. Speed is the rate of increase of distance, so it is the slope (gradient) of the graph.
