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hi:) is displacement time graph the same as distance time graph? if nope, then what’s the difference?

hi:) is displacement time graph the same as distance time graph? if nope, then what-example-1
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A displacement time graph is able to show if an object is going backwards or forwards for example usually a line with a negative gradient means going backwards (or back to the start) This CAN’T be shown on a distance time graph

A distance time graph shows how far an object has traveled in a given time
So for example...

Distance is plotted on the Y-axis
Time is plotted on the X-axis

So not they are not the same, hope this helped :)
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