TRAVEL GRAPHS

- Oindri Mandal
GRAPH
• Graphs : representing information pictorially

• Components of a graph:
o Coordinates: X axis, Y axis
o Scale: ratio between the representation on the graph and
the actual physical quantity
o Labelling the axis: Physical quantity shown and the unit
TRAVEL GRAPHS
• Travel graphs : graphical representation of motion
• Travel Graphs

Distance-time Velocity-time
graph graph
Distance-time graph: Velocity-time graph:
Y axis -> Distance (in km, m) Y axis -> Velocity (in km/hr , m/s)

X axis -> Time (in hr, sec) X axis -> Time (in hr, sec)

• These graphs have many applications in science and

everyday life
DISTANCE-TIME GRAPH
• Coordinates -
o Y axis -> Distance (in km, m)
o X axis -> Time (in hr, sec)

• Slope –>SPEED (distance travelled by time taken)

(Formula: d/t)

• Studying the graph

o Straight line -> constant speed (steep: fast, gentle: slow)
o Straight line along time axis -> stationery
o Steeper -> acceleration
o Gentler -> deacceleration
VELOCITY-TIME GRAPH
• Coordinates -
o Y axis -> Velocity (in km/hr, m/s)
o X axis -> Time (in hr, sec)

• Slope –>ACCELERATION (rate of change in velocity)

(Formula: v-u/t)

• Studying the graph

o Straight line -> uniform acceleration (steep: big, gentle: small)
o Straight line along time axis -> zero acceleration
o Steeper -> increase in acceleration
o Gentler -> decrease in acceleration
• Area under the graph -> distance
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