The velocity time graphs give all three variables for motion–velocity which can be read off at any time. Area is displacement and gradient is acceleration. Next page ...

Spread the loveIn physics, displacement is a key concept that allows us to measure an object’s overall change in position. One way to determine such displacement is by analyzing a velocity-time graph.

Calculate the total displacement of the object, whose motion is represented by the velocity-time graph below. The displacement can be found by calculating the total area of the shaded sections ...

5.The acceleration of an object at a particular time is the slope of the velocity-time graph at that instant of time. For uniform motion, acceleration is zero and the x-t graph is a straight line ...