College Physics (4th Edition)

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073512141
ISBN 13: 978-0-07351-214-3

Chapter 3 - Conceptual Questions - Page 108: 4

Answer

On a graph of $v_x$ versus time, the slope of the graph represents the acceleration $a_x$.

Work Step by Step

On a graph of $v_x$ versus time, the slope of the graph represents the acceleration $a_x$. The acceleration tells us the rate at which the velocity is changing at each moment in time.
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