Question

Explain at least two sentences:

2. What is the difference in terms of motion between a positive or negative slope in a position plot? Please explain.

3. What type of motion does a flat line mean for the velocity plots? Please explain.

4. Now, what is the difference in terms of motion between a positive or negative slope for a velocity vs. time plot? Please explain your answer.

Answer 1

2. when position time slope is positive it means that position is increasing with time or velocity of particle is positive . Negative alope means position of particle is decreasing with time and hence velocity of particle is negative.

3. if Position time curve is flat then it means that position is not changing with time and hence velocity of particle is zero or particle is at rest

4. positive slope of velocity time plot means that velocity is increasinf with time or acceleration is positive but negative slope means velocity is decreasing with time and hence acceleration is negative