Question

5. Can you suggest about the kind of motion of a body from the following distance-time graphs?
Distance
Distance
Distance
Time
Time
Time
Fig. 2.12 (a)
Fig. 2.12 (b)
Fig. 2.12 (c)​

Answer 1

Answer:

Distance – time graph in the figure shows that initially, the body is in uniform motion i.e. it covers equal distance in equal intervals of time. From O to A, the body is in uniform motion, and from A to B, the body is at rest.

Answer 2

Answer:

distance-time graph shows how far an object has travelled in a given time. It is a simple line graph that denotes distance versus time findings on the graph.

Distance is plotted on the Y-axis.

Time is plotted on the X-axis.

Note: Curved lines on a distance-time graph indicate that the speed is changing.

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Importance of Distance-Time Graph

We deal with the distance-time graph while studying the motion of bodies. If we record distance and time for the motion of a body and plot the same data on a rectangular graph, we will obtain a distance-time graph corresponding to the motion of that body.

Example:

For better understanding, let us consider an example of uniform motion. A bus driver drives at a constant speed which is indicated by the speedometer and the driver measures the time taken by the bus for every kilometre. The driver notices that the bus travels 1 kilometre in every 2 minutes.

Distance-Time Graph

Data Table

He prepares the data table after this so that he has a clear understanding of everything and then draws the graph as shown below.

Distance-Time Graph

By this table, he had a clear idea about the speed which is: ½ × 60 = 30 km/hr.