What is the significance of the slope of a distance-time graph?

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What is the significance of the slope of a distance-time graph?

2006-12-16 11:15:50 · 2 answers · asked by bhangraking777 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics

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The slope on this graph represents the speed.
If the slope is stright up, then the speed is positive constant.
If the slope is stright down, then the speed is negative constant.
If the slope is curved up, then the speed is increasing.
If the slope is curved down, then the speed is decreasing

2006-12-16 16:05:28 · answer #1 · answered by shawn s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

The slope at any on the curve represents the speed, since the slope is defined as the change in y divided by the change in x

2006-12-16 11:17:42 · answer #2 · answered by arbiter007 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋