acceleration is uniform
Reason — When the velocity-time graph of a body in motion is a straight line inclined to the time axis then there are equal changes in velocity in equal intervals of time and hence, the movement is with uniform acceleration.
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The velocity-time graph of a body in motion is a straight line inclined to the time axis. The correct statement is — (a) velocity is uniform (b) acceleration is uniform (c) both velocity and acceleration are uniform (d) neither velocity nor acceleration is uniform.
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