Help with Graphs: Understanding v(t), v(x) and v(a)

[HelpMePlz2010]

hey, I am not too great at physics, and i know this is going to seem like a relatively elementary question. when in class we learned about graphs, i never fully grasped the concepts of v(t), v(x), and v(a) graphs, such as how they all correlate to each other, and forming them. I am worried that further on in the class they are going to come back and then ill really be screwed. could anyone please clear up the confusion for me?
Any help is much appreciated.

Thank You

 

[thrill3rnit3]

Are you comfortable with the ideas of slope and area? Let's start from there.

 

[Redbelly98]

... v(t), v(x), and v(a) graphs ...

I think you mean x(t), v(t), and a(t) here?

thrill3rnit3 is correct, it's all about taking either the slope or the area under the curve.

 

[HelpMePlz2010]

yes, that is what i had in mind, sorry.
and yeah i understand slope and area for the most part, just the concept of the graph and how you get the graph is what is vague to me

 

[Ouabache]

yes, that is what i had in mind, sorry.
and yeah i understand slope and area for the most part, just the concept of the graph and how you get the graph is what is vague to me

Welcome to physicsforums! you are certainly welcome to pose questions related to classwork and also join in with some fascinating discussions we have in the forums.

Before I can offer assistance, you may want to refresh yourself on what we https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=94379"in the homework subforums.

For a hint on getting started, are you familiar with Cartesian coordinate system? (i.e. for a given point in time t, you are some distance x from the origin. So x varies with respect to t. If you're not familiar with Cartesian coordinates, you will want to look that up.