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Making Inferences From Motion Graphs

 
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Sep6-12, 05:14 PM   #1
 

Making Inferences From Motion Graphs


The question is: "How can you tell from a velocity-time graph that you are moving in the negative?

I don't believe a velocity-time graph reveals that sort of information. Can't you only determine when the direction of motion has changed?
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Sep6-12, 05:21 PM   #2
 
Perhaps you can...Would the answer be that the graph would lie under the time-axis?
Sep6-12, 08:50 PM   #3
 
If you mean going backwards, your velocity would be negative. Thus you would actually be reversing
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