Slope of the graph will give you speed.
Because it does. :)
Examples of slope: http://www.answers.com/topic/slope http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slope
If I walk 4 kilometers in an hour, my average speed during that hour was 4 km/hour. My instantaneous speed may well have been faster at times, and slower at other times, 4 km/hour is only the average.
if there is a slope, the velocity is either increasing or decreasing. This is acceleration.
The slope of a distance-time graph gives the speed of an object. A steeper slope indicates a higher speed, while a flatter slope indicates a lower speed.
The slope of a distance-time graph represents the speed or velocity of an object. A steeper slope indicates a faster speed, while a shallower slope indicates a slower speed.
To find the average speed from a velocity-time graph, calculate the total distance traveled and divide it by the total time taken. This will give you the average speed. Alternatively, you can find the slope of the secant line that connects the initial and final points on the graph to determine the average speed.
Slope of the graph will give you speed.
Speed
Because it does. :)
The slope at any point on a distance-time graph represents the speed or velocity of the object at that specific moment. A steeper slope indicates a faster speed, while a gentle slope indicates a slower speed.
No, knowing the speed and direction of an object in motion does not necessarily give you the average speed. Average speed is calculated as the total distance traveled divided by the total time taken to travel that distance. Knowing the initial speed and direction does not provide the information needed to calculate the average speed without additional data.
When an object is moving along a straight line at a variable speed, we can express the magnitude of the rate of motion in terms of average velocity.It is the same way as we calculate average speed.
Examples of slope: http://www.answers.com/topic/slope http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slope
The information given by the slope of ("on") a distance-time graph is the SPEED. The size ("magnitude") of the slope is the size of the speed and the units of the distance axis are divided by the units on the time axis to give the units of the speed ... so if your distance is in miles and time is in hours then your speed will be in miles per ("divided by") hours (mph)... but if distance is in metres and time is in seconds then the speed is in metre per second (m/s).
If I walk 4 kilometers in an hour, my average speed during that hour was 4 km/hour. My instantaneous speed may well have been faster at times, and slower at other times, 4 km/hour is only the average.