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Homework Statement
What does the area under an acceleration-time graph give?
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Instantaneous velocity.
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What does the area under an acceleration-time graph give?
Instantaneous velocity.
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hi tahayassen! 
strictly, instantaneous velocity minus initial velocity
tahayassen said:
strictly, instantaneous velocity minus initial velocity
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tiny-tim said:hi tahayassen!
strictly, instantaneous velocity minus initial velocity
Oh, because it gives you the change in velocity. Opps!
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Actually, which initial velocity are we talking about? The initial velocity of that instant?
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"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
one value is the present time, the other value is what we usually call the initial time