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aleksley [76]
4 years ago
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What is a horizontal segment meaning on a position vs. time graph?

Physics
1 answer:
sergeinik [125]4 years ago
4 0

The velocity of the object is zero (the object is at rest)

Explanation:

A position vs time graph represents the motion of an object; in particular:

  • The position of the object x(t) is represented on the y-axis
  • The time t is represented on the x-axis

For a position-time graph, the slope of the graph is given by

m=\frac{\Delta x}{\Delta t}

where

\Delta x is the change in position

\Delta t is the change in time

However, we see that this is equivalent to the definition of velocity:

v=\frac{\Delta x}{\Delta t}

Therefore, the slope of  a position-time graph is equivalent to the velocity of the object.

And so, a horizontal segment on a position vs time graph means that the object has zero velocity (because the slope is zero).

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