(i) Acceleration of a body — As acceleration is equal to the ratio of change in velocity and time taken, therefore, the slope ( or gradient ) of the velocity-time graph gives the acceleration.
(ii) Distance travelled by the body in a given time — The total distance travelled by the body is obtained by the arithmetic sum of the positive displacement and negative displacement (without sign).
(iii) Displacement of the body — As the product of velocity and time gives the displacement, therefore, the area enclosed between the velocity-time sketch and X – axis (i.e., the time axis) gives the displacement of the body.
The total displacement is obtained by adding positive displacement and negative displacement numerically with proper sign.
