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Understanding velocity–time graphs

Graphs are a visual way of presenting information in physics. Some students are simply terrified by graphs, especially those used to describe the motion of objects in mechanics. Velocity against time graphs in particular can cause a great deal of bother. However, there are only a few ideas you need to embrace in order to have a decent understanding of such graphs graphs

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There are two ideas that you will need to grasp in order to answer a variety of exam questions on velocity–time graphs:

■ The gradient of the graph is equal to acceleration.

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