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What does a speed time graph indicate about an object's motion?
A distance time graph would show the distance traveled.
True or false a distance time graph shows how speed changes with time?
False. A distance-time graph shows the relationship between distance traveled and time, indicating how far an object has moved over a specific period. To analyze how speed changes with time, one would need a speed-time graph, where the speed of the object is plotted against time. The slope of the distance-time graph represents speed, but it does not directly show changes in speed over time.
How would a distance-time graph show an object with no speed meaning it is not moving?
It would be a horizontal line, with a y-coordinate at the starting distance.
What does the slope of the graph indicate about the object's motion?
The answer will depend on whether the graph is a distance time graph or a speed time graph.The slope of a distance-time graph shows that speed of the object in the direction towards or away from the point of reference (usually the origin). It indicates absolutely nothing about its speed in any other direction. So, for example, an object could be rotating around the origin at the speed of light (the fastest possible) and the distance-time graph would show it being stationary bacause its distance from the origin is not changing!The slope of the speed-time graph indicated the acceleration of the object, again with the same qualification.
How would decreasing speed show up on the distance versus time graph?
The slope of the line would decrease.
