Area under acceleration-time graph?

[tahayassen]

Homework Statement

What does the area under an acceleration-time graph give?

Homework Equations

The Attempt at a Solution

Instantaneous velocity.

 

[tiny-tim]

hi tahayassen!

What does the area under an acceleration-time graph give?
…
Instantaneous velocity.

strictly, instantaneous velocity minus initial velocity

 

[tahayassen]

hi tahayassen!


strictly, instantaneous velocity minus initial velocity

Oh, because it gives you the change in velocity. Opps!

 

[tahayassen]

Actually, which initial velocity are we talking about? The initial velocity of that instant?

 

[tiny-tim]

"the area under" must mean "between two values of t" …

one value is the present time, the other value is what we usually call the initial time