Q.A particle is moving along X-axis with uniform positive acceleration.
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For a particle moving along the X-axis with a uniform (constant) positive acceleration a, starting with initial velocity u at t = 0:
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Velocity–time relation: v = u + at
This is a straight line on the v–t graph with slope equal to a (positive), and v-intercept u.
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Position–time relation: x = ut + ½at²
This is a quadratic in t, so the x–t graph is a parabola opening upward, since a > 0. Its slope (which represents velocity) keeps increasing with time — the curve gets steeper and steeper, unlike the straight-line x–t graph of a body moving at constant velocity.
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Velocity–position relation: v² = u² + 2ax (or v² = u² + 2a·s for displacement s)
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Acceleration–time relation: since the acceleration is uniform (constant) and positive, the a–t graph is simply a horizontal straight line at height a, for all values of t.
If, additionally, the particle starts from rest (u = 0), then v = at and x = ½at² — the v–t line passes through the origin, and the x–t parabola starts flat at the origin and curves upward increasingly steeply.
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