IGCSE Physics / Movement and position

Distance travelled from a velocity-time graph

Edexcel International GCSE Physics (4PH1), chapter 1: Movement and position, specification point 1.9, M4F. Part of the full course.

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The area between a velocity-time graph and the time axis gives the distance travelled. You can calculate it using shapes, or estimate it by counting squares when the line is curved.

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