Question

Give two uses of graphical representation of motion.

Answer 1

Two uses of Graphical representation of motion are:

• Just by looking at the shape of the curve we can tell the nature of motion (i.e. uniform motion, non uniform, uniformly accelerated etc.) 

For Example, 

• if the distance – time graph is having straight line passing through origin then we can say that the motion is uniform motion. 
• if the graph line is not straight, then it is non uniform motion. 
• We can deduce different quantities and also derive equation of motion from graphs. 

For example, 

• from the distance – time graph, if we calculate the slope of the graph line, then we can ind the velocity of the object. 
• Also from the velocity – time graph, if we ind the slope of the graph then we can ind the acceleration of the object.