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Hello budding physicist! Ready for an adventure into the world of kinematics? Get your mind&#39;s snowboard ready to shred the mountain of knowledge!

They&#39;re our magic spells in physics! They allow us to predict how objects will move. They connect the dots between distance, time, speed, and acceleration.

Think of these as the comic strips of physics. Just like comic strips tell a story through pictures, these graphs narrate the motion of an object.

This is a key rule to use the kinematic equations (the suvat ones). Just like you can&#39;t use a Netflix password for Disney+, these equations only work if the acceleration is constant. So, the speed-time graph should be a straight line, not a curvy, artistic masterpiece.

These are our special set of kinematic equations, which contain five variables &ndash; displacement (s), initial velocity (u), final velocity (v), acceleration (a), and time (t). If the acceleration is constant, voila! You can use them.

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Let&#39;s bring these concepts to life with a real-world example

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Imagine a skier shooting down a snow-covered mountain. If you could draw the skier&#39;s speed-time graph, it&#39;d be a straight line, meaning the acceleration is constant (because our skier is pretty good at maintaining a consistent speed). Now, the fun part begins - you can use suvat equations to predict all kinds of things, like how long it&#39;ll take the skier to reach the bottom, or how far they&#39;ll have traveled at any point in time.

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But wait! What if the graph isn&#39;t straight? Well, that&#39;s where you&#39;d need different physics tools. So, remember the rules: straight speed-time graph = constant acceleration = suvat time!

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Ready to dive deeper? Great! Grab your physics snowboard and let&#39;s hit the slopes of knowledge together!

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Mastering Kinematic Equations: Dive Into Distance-Time & Speed-Time Graphs

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Kinematic equations

Distance-time & speed-time graphs

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Theme A - Space, Time & Motion

Mastering Kinematic Equations: Dive Into Distance-Time & Speed-Time Graphs

Table of content

Kinematic equations

Distance-time & speed-time graphs

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