Brainlag PlusThe gradient of a graph is a rate; the area under a speed-time graph is a distance; tangents give rates at an instant.
Gradient is a rate
On a distance-time graph the gradient is the speed; on a speed-time graph it is the acceleration; on a pay-hours graph it is the pay per hour.
A flat section means nothing is changing: stopped, or steady speed.
The rest of this lesson and its 7 practice questions are in Plus.
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