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Directly it shows the distance of an object from a fixed point (usually the origin) at various times. The gradient of the tangent to the graph (where it exists) shows the velocity of the object and the second derivative (again, if it exists), gives the acceleration.

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Q: What does a distance vs time graph show us?
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