Combined Science GCSE
Calculating change in distance and time
What Calculating change in distance and time means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Calculating change in distance and time
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Pick two points, read the change in distance (Δd) and time (Δt), then divide: speed = Δd ÷ Δt.
Topics that use Calculating change in distance and time
- The distance–time relationship (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Accelerated motion and curved graphs
- Average and instantaneous speed from graphs
- Changing speed
- Constant speed
- distance–time graph
- Gradient
- Instantaneous speed as a tangent gradient
- Practical graph-reading skills
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