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If a graph shows distance on the vertical axis and time on the horizontal axis, and the speed is steadily increasing, the line representing speed will be a straight line.
No, if the speed is steadily increasing, the graph will not show a straight diagonal line. Instead, it will show a curve that is sloping upwards, indicating acceleration. This is because as time progresses, the speed is increasing at a constant rate, resulting in a curved line on the graph. A straight diagonal line would indicate a constant speed over time.
A positive slope is a slope that is increasing when read from left to right. To be increasing, means that as the x values are increasing, so are the y values as the graph is read from left to right.
It shows whether, and how steeply, the terrain or function is increasing or decreasing.
If the gradient is a positive number the curve is increasing, and if the gradient is a negative number it is decreasing.