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    Physics Velosity Time Graph - JPG

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    Negative values on position-time and velocity-time graphs indicate motion in the opposite direction from positive values. On a position-time graph, negative values mean the object is located on the opposite side of the chosen origin point. On a velocity-time graph, negative values mean the object is moving backwards, away from the origin. Points to the left of the time axis represent motion that occurred before the chosen time t=0, when recording or observation began.

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    Negative values on position-time and velocity-time graphs indicate motion in the opposite direction from positive values. On a position-time graph, negative values mean the object is located on the opposite side of the chosen origin point. On a velocity-time graph, negative values mean the object is moving backwards, away from the origin. Points to the left of the time axis represent motion that occurred before the chosen time t=0, when recording or observation began.

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    Negative values on position-time and velocity-time graphs indicate motion in the opposite direction from positive values. On a position-time graph, negative values mean the object is located on the opposite side of the chosen origin point. On a velocity-time graph, negative values mean the object is moving backwards, away from the origin. Points to the left of the time axis represent motion that occurred before the chosen time t=0, when recording or observation began.

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    Negative values on position-time and velocity-time graphs indicate motion in the opposite direction from positive values. On a position-time graph, negative values mean the object is located on the opposite side of the chosen origin point. On a velocity-time graph, negative values mean the object is moving backwards, away from the origin. Points to the left of the time axis represent motion that occurred before the chosen time t=0, when recording or observation began.

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    Negative values on Position vs Time Graphs and Velocity vs Time

    Graphs?
    Explanation:
    the displacement-time graph

    The downward-sloping line from 5 s to 10 s means the


    object is moving backwards. It had been 4 m away from its
    starting location at t=5 s, but it has moved back to this starting
    point (by t=7.5 s), then continued backwards, until it reached a
    point 4 m in the opposite direction from where it was at t=5 s.
    Then, from 10 s onward, it remained at -4 m. Any point below
    the t=axis means the object is located in the opposite
    direction from the one it had while the line was above the
    axis.

    In this type of graph, the t-axis represents the location of some


    (arbitrarily chosen) origin. The object may or may not be
    starting from here. It is just convenient to designate such a
    place.

    Now for a velocity-time graph


    Any point above the time (horizontal) axis is positive velocity, meaning the object is moving forward. (Note the difference
    with the displacement graph!) The period from 15 min to 30 min, for example, shows the object slowing down, but still
    moving forward.

    When this line crosses the t-axis, the object has (momentarily) stopped, and is in the process of changing direction. Negative
    velocity must mean movement in the opposite direction.

    This object then begins to move backwards but is increasing in speed, because we see it going from zero velocity to -40
    m/min in the next 10 minutes.

    Note that during the entire period from 15 min to 40 min, the object had the same acceleration, as the slope of this line is
    constant throughout this period. So, going forward, slowing down and going backwards, speeding up are both negative
    acceleration. From 40 min onward, the object is still moving in reverse (the line is still below the t axis) but is now reducing its
    speed, until it stops at t=55 min. Its acceleration is positive while it slows down, backing up.

    Finally to your question about points to the left of the "y-axis" - this space contains information about motion that
    happened before time t=0. Remember that moment t=0 might be considered as the first instant that we began to record
    information, or maybe it is just an arbitrary moment. If so, events to the left of the
    vertical axis make sense. They just happened earlier in time.

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