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If a postion vs. time plot is rising in time (but not in such a way as to produce a vertical line on the graph) then we can know for certain that ______________________________...?

a) velocity is changing
b) velocity is constant
c)position is constant
d) acceleration is constant
e) acceleration is changing
f) it has a velocity <0 and velocity is changing
g) it has a velocity > 0 but we don't know if the velocity is constant
h) we can't know any of these

2007-02-24 07:28:05 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Physics

2 answers

If position is changing, then it's moving, hence, has velocity. Without the slope, you cannot tell whether the velocity is changing or is constant.

2007-02-24 07:32:10 · answer #1 · answered by arbiter007 6 · 0 0

For a rising position, there is a + velocity (constant or variable), so g) is correct

2007-02-24 17:22:01 · answer #2 · answered by Steve 7 · 0 0

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