Velocity-Time Graph

The variation of velocity with time can be represented graphically to calculate acceleration exactly like we calculated speed from distance-time graph.

Let us now plot a velocity-time (v - t) graph for the following data.

Velocity in m/s	0	10	20	30	40	50
Time in Seconds	0	2	4	6	8	10

• Take time along x-axis and velocity along y-axis.

• Analyse the given data and make a proper choice of scale for x and y axes.

• Plot the given points.

• Join the points

• Consider any two points A and B on the straight-line graph.

• Draw perpendiculars from A and B to x and y-axes.

• Join A to C, ACB forms a right-angled triangle.

Calculations

• Write the title for the graph.

Complete Graph