Physics
Answer
As, velocity is the ratio of displacement and time, therefore, the slope gives the velocity.
When slope is positive, it implies body is moving away from the starting (reference) point.
When slope is negative, it implies body is returning towards the starting (reference) point.
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A rubber ball falls freely from a height h onto a smooth floor. After striking the floor, the ball again rises to the same height. Assume that the duration of contact of the ball with the floor is negligible. Identify the correct graph for velocity with time and height with time.
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For the motion with uniform velocity, how is the distance travelled related to the time?
When can the distance-time and displacement-time graph be the same?
What information do we get by a greater slope of displacement-time graph?