It will measure acceleration in the direction towards or away from the origin.
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A tangent to a velocity-time graph represents the instantaneous acceleration of an object at that specific moment in time. It shows how the velocity is changing at that particular point.
Instantaneous acceleration...
Slope of the tangent to a velocity time graph at any point is of the form
velocity/time=acceleration.
The slope of a line drawn tangent to a point on a position vs. time graph represents the instantaneous velocity of the object at that point. It describes how the position of the object is changing at that exact moment in time.
Acceleration can be determined from a velocity-time graph by calculating the slope of the line on the graph. The steeper the slope, the greater the acceleration. If the graph is curved, acceleration can be calculated by finding the tangent to the curve at a specific point.
The slope of the line tangent to the curve on a position-time graph at a specific time represents the velocity of the object at that particular moment. It indicates how fast the object is moving at that instant.
No, average velocity is the total displacement divided by the total time taken. The slope of the tangent to the curve on a velocity-time graph at a specific instant of time gives the instantaneous velocity at that moment, not the average velocity.
To find instantaneous velocity from a position-time graph, you calculate the slope of the tangent line at a specific point on the graph. The slope represents the rate of change of position at that instant, which is equivalent to the velocity at that particular moment.