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RelatingtheShapetotheMotion
MeaningofShapeforavtGraph
MeaningofSlopeforavtGraph
RelatingtheShapetotheMotion
DeterminingtheSlopeonavtGraph
DeterminingtheAreaonavtGraph
AsdiscussedinapreviouspartofLesson4,theshapeofavelocityvs.timegraphrevealspertinent
informationaboutanobject'sacceleration.Forexample,iftheaccelerationiszero,thenthevelocity
timegraphisahorizontallinehavingaslopeofzero.Iftheaccelerationispositive,thenthelineisan
upwardslopinglinehavingapositiveslope.Iftheaccelerationisnegative,thenthevelocitytime
graphisadownwardslopinglinehavinganegativeslope.Iftheaccelerationisgreat,thentheline
slopesupsteeplyhavingalargeslope.Theshapeofthelineonthegraph(horizontal,sloped,steeply
sloped,mildlysloped,etc.)isdescriptiveoftheobject'smotion.Thisprinciplecanbeextendedtoany
motionconceivable.Inthispartofthelesson,wewillexaminehowtheprincipleappliestoavarietyof
typesofmotion.Ineachdiagrambelow,ashortverbaldescriptionofamotionisgiven(e.g.,"constant,
rightwardvelocity")andanaccompanying motiondiagram
isshown.Finally,thecorrespondingvelocity
timegraphissketchedandanexplanationisgiven.Neartheendofthispage,afewpractice
problemsaregiven.
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