Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs

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Create a graph of a runner's position versus time and watch the runner run a 40-yard dash based on the graph you made. Notice the connection between the slope of the line and the velocity of the runner. Add a second runner (a second graph) and connect real-world meaning to the intersection of two graphs. Also experiment with a graph of velocity versus time for the runners, and also distance traveled versus time.

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Assessment Questions (5):

  1. Which of the following graphs indicates that one of runners started 10 yards ahead of the other?

    four distance time graphs
  2. In which of the following graphs are both runners moving at the same velocity?

    four distance time graphs
  3. Which of the following velocity-time graphs matches the position-time graph shown below?

    distance time graph

    four velocity time graphs
  4. Which of the following position-time graphs matches the velocity-time graph shown below?

    velocity time graph

    four distance time graphs
  5. Which sentence best describes the runner whose velocity-time graph is shown below?

    velocity time graph

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