When the acceleration of a particle is constant, the velocity will be increasing at a constant rate. This means that the velocity versus time graph will appear with a straight line "slanting up to the right" in the first quadrant. With time on the x-axis and velocity of the y-axis, as time increases, velocity will increase. That means the line will have a positive slope. The higher the (constant) acceleration, the greater the slope of the line. If we take just one example and mark equal units off on our axes, and then assign seconds along the x-axis and meters per second along the y-axis, we can plot a graph for an acceleration of, say, one meter per second per second. Start at (0,0) and at the end of one second, the velocity will be one m/sec. That point will be (1,1). After another second, the velocity will be 2 m/sec owing to that 1m/sec2 rate of acceleration, and that point will be (2,2). The slope of the line is 1, which is the rate of acceleration.
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The graph of acceleration vs. time would be a straight line at zero acceleration for constant velocity. This is because constant velocity means there is no change in velocity over time, so the acceleration is zero.
-- "Acceleratioin" is the time rate of change of velocity.
-- So "constant velocity" means zero acceleration.
-- So the graph of acceleration is a straight flat horizontal line that coincides with the x-axis.
The equation of the line is [ y = 0 ].
Or [ a = 0 ].
A horizontal line at zero (since the acceleration must be zero for the velocity to be constant).
No, a horizontal line on a velocity vs. time graph indicates a constant velocity, not acceleration. An acceleration would be represented by a non-zero slope on a velocity vs. time graph.
The acceleration vs. time graph for something moving at a constant positive velocity will be a horizontal line at zero acceleration. This is because acceleration is the rate of change of velocity, and if the velocity is not changing (constant), then the acceleration is zero.
The graph of acceleration vs time for something going at a constant positive velocity would be a horizontal line at zero on the acceleration axis. This is because there is no change in velocity, so the acceleration is constant and equal to zero.
A changing slope on a velocity-time graph indicates that the object's acceleration is changing. If the slope is increasing, the acceleration is positive, and if the slope is decreasing, the acceleration is negative. A flat slope indicates constant velocity.
An upward sloping diagonal line on a velocity vs. time graph represents constant acceleration. The steeper the slope, the greater the acceleration.