Velocity–time graph gradients
What Velocity–time graph gradients means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Acceleration is the gradient, so a straight rising line shows constant positive acceleration and a horizontal line shows zero acceleration.
For graph questions, the equation is linked to the gradient of a velocity–time graph.
Topics that use Velocity–time graph gradients
- Acceleration (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Acceleration
- Acceleration and units
- area under a graph
- Area under a graph as a physical quantity
- Average acceleration
- Change in velocity
- Compound geometric shapes in physics
- Direction convention
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