The gradient (slope) of the tangent to the graph at the given time - provided that it exists. If the graph is a straight line at that point, it is the gradient of that line.
The slope of a distance-time graph represents speed.
The slope of a line on a distance-time graph represents the speed or velocity. The steeper the line is and the greater the slope of the line is, the faster the object is moving.
The steepness of the line on a distance-time graph represents the radial speed of the object. That is, the speed with which the object is moving towards or away from the origin. The steepness takes absolutely no account of the transverse speed, so you can be going around the origin in a circle at a great speed but, since your distance remains the same, the D-T graph will be flat: implying speed = 0.
The speed. Also, if a positive slope represents the speed in one direction, the negative slope is the speed in the opposite direction.
It represents the speed of a moving object at any time covered by the graph.
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The slope of a distance-time graph represents speed.
speed
The gradient (slope) of the line on the graph.
Distance and time
The slope of a line on a distance-time graph represents the speed or velocity. The steeper the line is and the greater the slope of the line is, the faster the object is moving.
slope of the graph ... actually the absolute value of the slope, actual slope, positive or negative, would indicate direction, so the slope would be velocity.
A straight line on a distance/time graph means that the speed is constant. In every unit of time the distance increases by the same amount.
An incline represents acceleration, a straight line represents a constant speed and a decline represents slowing down.
The answer depends on whether the graph is that of speed v time or distance v time.
The steepness of the line on a distance-time graph represents the radial speed of the object. That is, the speed with which the object is moving towards or away from the origin. The steepness takes absolutely no account of the transverse speed, so you can be going around the origin in a circle at a great speed but, since your distance remains the same, the D-T graph will be flat: implying speed = 0.
The speed. Also, if a positive slope represents the speed in one direction, the negative slope is the speed in the opposite direction.