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It shows the speed of an object in a direction towards or away from the reference point. This is not the speed of the object because any motion in a transverse direction is ignored. For example, even if a racing car is going at top speed around the reference point on a circular track, the distance v time graph will be a horizontal line. The slope will be zero.

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The slope of a graph with distance on the Y axis and time on the X represents the speed. Sometimes we say it represents velocity. (Speed with direction = velocity)

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slope of distance over time is speed or velocity. Velocity also includes direction.

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The gradient of a distance-time graph shows how distance changes with time. This quantity is called velocity.

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speed (magnitude of velocity)

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Speed. (Not velocity.)

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The shape and slope of the line on a graph illustrates the qualitative and quantitative relationship between the variables plotted on the axes of the graph. Sadly, there is no such graph as a "speed or time" one.


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