What does a velocity-time graph show?
How the velocity of an object changes over time.
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What is on the y-axis and x-axis of a velocity-time graph?
Velocity is on the y-axis.
Time is on the x-axis.
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What does the above velocity-time graph tell you about the object's motion?
The object is accelerating.
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How do you find the exact acceleration of an object from a velocity-time graph?
Find the gradient of the line at a particular point.
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How do you find the total distance travelled by an object from a velocity-time graph?
Find the area under the curve.
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What does the above velocity-time graph tell you about the object's motion?
It is travelling at a constant velocity.
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What does the above velocity-time graph tell you about the object's motion?
The object is decelerating.
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