SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -On a distance-time graph, a sloping line indicates that the object is moving. The slope or gradient of the line in a distance-time graph equals the speed of the object. The faster the object moves, the steeper the line (and the greater the gradient).

Detailed explanation-2: -The rate of change of velocity with time is acceleration. When we plot velocity along the Y-axis and time along X-axis, the slope of the velocity time graph gives the acceleration produced.

Detailed explanation-3: -On these types of graphs the slope is the change in the vertical axis value divided by the change in the horizontal axis value, and since speed is distance an object moves divided by the amount of time the object moves, we can deduce that the slope of the line on a distance-time graph is speed.

Detailed explanation-4: -In a distance-time graph, the gradient of the line is equal to the speed of the object. The greater the gradient (and the steeper the line) the faster the object is moving.