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Explain the relationship between speed and steepness of the slope of the line on the distance-versus-time graph

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Step-by-step explanation:

A distance-versus-time graph gives the distance an object has traveled after a given time.

In a distance-versus-time graph the slope represents the the speed of the object because
rise/run is


(\Delta distance )/(\Delta time)=speed.

And how steep the slope of the distance-versus-time graph is tells us how fast an object is moving; steeper the slope greater the speed. For example, a graph with slope 10 represents a greater speed than a graph with slope 2.

So the steepness of the slope of the distance-versus-time is the speed of the object, and greater the slope greater is the speed.

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