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What does y equals 0 on a displacement- time graph represent?
The displacement, along the direction of measurement, is zero. It need not mean that the object is back at the starting point. The displacement-time graph, measuring the vertical displacement of a ball thrown at an angle, will have displacement = 0 when the ball returns to ground level but, unless you are extremely feeble, the ball will be some distance away, not at its starting point which is where you are. The use of such a graph is not unusual in the elementary projectile motion under gravity.
Slope of a displacement time graph?
It is the instantaneous speed in the direction in which the displacement is measured.
Can you tell from a displacemnt-time graph wheather an object is stationary?
Of course yes. An object is stationary when the graph is horizontal in a displacement-time graph.
What variable is placed on the x axis in a displacement time graph?
It is time.
How can you obtain the average velocity from a displacement time graph?
-- Pick two points on the graph. -- Find the difference in time between the two points. -- Find the difference in displacement between the same two points. -- (Difference in displacement) divided by (difference in time) is the average Speed . You can't tell anything about velocity from the graph except its magnitude, because the graph displays no information regarding the direction of motion.
