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Which part of the graph has the steepest gradient? What does this tell you?

distance

speed time

You can use the information on a distance-time graph to work out the

average speed of an object. To do this, you need to find the gradient between
two different points.

gradient = speed speed = distance
time

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Distance (m)

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Time (s)

Think!

Find the average speed for each part of the journey.
What will the units of speed be? Why?

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