graph of what?kalcorn said:
At time=0, the object had a velocity of -8.5 units: the negative sign suggests that the object was moving in a negative direction respect to some pre-set reference.kalcorn said:
On a position vs time graph, a straight line indicates constant speed.kalcorn said:
On a position versus time graph, that would be correct. This is not a position versus time graph.Halc said:
I stand corrected. The answer given by the OP is wrong, as was I. Both fooled by the same thing.jbriggs444 said:
Velocity is a measure of an object's speed and direction of motion. It is a vector quantity, meaning it has both magnitude (speed) and direction.
Velocity is typically represented on a graph by plotting it on the y-axis and time on the x-axis. The slope of the line on the graph represents the object's velocity.
The slope of the line on the graph represents the object's velocity. A steeper slope indicates a higher velocity, while a flatter slope indicates a lower velocity.
The relationship between velocity and time on this graph is that velocity is directly proportional to time. As time increases, velocity also increases, and vice versa.
To calculate velocity from a graph, we can find the slope of the line connecting two points on the graph. The slope is equal to the change in velocity over the change in time, which can be calculated by dividing the difference in the y-values by the difference in the x-values.
