Displacement/velocity/acceleration graphs

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What does the gradient of a displacement-time graph tell you

Velocity

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How to find the instantaneous velocity from a displacement-time graph

Draw a tangent to the curve and find its gradient

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How to find average velocity from a displacement-time graph

Final displacement/final time

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What does the gradient of a velocity-time graph tell you

Acceleration

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What does a steeper gradient for a displacement-time graph tell you

Greater velocity

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What does a less steep gradient for a displacement-time graph tell you

Lower velocity

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What does an increasing gradient for a displacement-time graph tell you

Accelerating

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What does a decreasing gradient for a displacement-time graph tell you

Decelerating

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What does a linear gradient mean for a displacement-time graph

Constant velocity

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What does a linear gradient mean for a velocity-time graph

Uniform acceleration

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What does a steeper gradient mean for a velocity-time graph

Greater acceleration

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What does a less steep gradient mean for a velocity-time graph

Lower acceleration

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What does an increasing gradient mean for a velocity-time graph

Increasing acceleration

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What does a decreasing gradient mean for a velocity-time graph

Decreasing acceleration

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Area below velocity-time graph

Displacement

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Area below acceleration-time graph

Velocity

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Negative values on acceleration-time graph

Deceleration

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What does a=0 mean on an acceleration-time graph

Constant velocity