Question

Draw a distance-time graph of a body moving with a uniform speed.

Answer 1

1. A body is said to be in uniform motion when the body covers an equal distance in equal time intervals.
2. Let’s consider a time interval of 1 second, If a body covers 10 meters in the first 1-second then it should cover 10 meters in every second from there on, this will indicate that the body is in uniform motion.

Graph for the uniform motion:

1. As in uniform motion, the distance-time graph would be a straight line, because the equal distance is covered in equal units of time.
2. You can see that there are three bodies A, B, and C, all of them are in uniform motion.
3. These three uniform motions have different slopes because the slope of a distance-time graph determines the speed of that body, so the steeper the slope greater will be the speed of the body.

Conclusion:

1. From the above graph, we can come to the conclusion that body A has the highest speed.
2. And body C has the least speed.