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How does the slope of a distance vs time graph change when there is acceleration?
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The slope increases.
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What does the slope of a distance uersus time graph show you about the motion of an object?
acceleration.
What is a distance vs time graph?
A distance vs time squared graph shows shows the relationship between distance and time during an acceleration. An example of an acceleration value would be 3.4 m/s^2. The time is always squared in acceleration therefore the graph can show the rate of which an object is moving
What does the slope of a distance vs time squared graph represent?
That's unusual. I guess your teacher is trying to make you think a bit. It's a good mental exercise, though. You may recall that the units of acceleration are meters per second squared. That gives you a clue right there. And if you knew Calculus, you'd know that acceleration is the second derivative of distance, s, with respect to time, t: d2s/dt2. So, by now you're probably getting the feeling that the slope of a distance-time squared graph has something to do with acceleration. And you'd be right. Just as the slope of a velocity-time graph is acceleration, the slope of a distance-t2 graph is acceleration. Well, not quite. It's actually ONE HALF the acceleration.
What quantity does the slope of a distance vs time squared graph represent?
Since distance is 1/2 at^2 where a is acceleration, it represents one half of the acceleration
When motion of an object is shown by a straight line on a distance-time graph with distance on the y-axis the slope of the line is?
The constant acceleration
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 is the slope of a line on distance time graph?
acceleration
The slope of a line on a distance time graph is?
Equal to the acceleration of the object that is moving through distance in time. * * * * * No. The slope of the distance-time graph is the change in distance per unit of time - otherwise known as speed.
You can use a distance versus time graph to analyze the motion of an accelerating object?
The slope at any point is the velocity, so you can construct a graph of that. The slope at any point on that graph is the acceleration. So you can construct a graph of that. The slope at any point on that is the rate of change of acceleration. And so on.
Why do you need slope?
Slopes give you the rate of change. On a distance vs. time graph the rate of change (i.e. the slope) is the velocity. On a Velovity vs. Time graph the rate of change is the acceleration. etc.
What is the equatoin for acceleration?
the slope of a speed-time graph is acceleration this slope is change in speed divided by change in time *Twinky~
What does the slope of a distance uersus time graph show you about the motion of an object?
acceleration.
What kinematic concept distance velocity acceleration etc of the moving object does the slope of the graph represent?
acceleration
What is a distance vs time graph?
A distance vs time squared graph shows shows the relationship between distance and time during an acceleration. An example of an acceleration value would be 3.4 m/s^2. The time is always squared in acceleration therefore the graph can show the rate of which an object is moving
The slope of velocity versus time graph gives?
If your graph shows velocity on the vertical axis and time on the horizontal axis, then the slope of the graph represents the acceleration. More specifically, the slope of the graph at a specific point represents the acceleration at that instantaneous point in time. So if the slope of the graph doesn't change (i.e. the graph is a straight line), then the acceleration is constant and doesn't change over time. In calculus, this is represented as the derivative: The derivative of velocity with respect to time equals the acceleration.
What does the slope of the curve on a velocity time graph represent?
The rate of Change in acceleration.
How can you recognize acceleration on a graph?
You can't. However, you can find the change in speed between two points in time by finding the area under the acceleration-time graph.
