Gradient

and Area
Under
A
SPEED TIME GRAPH
Graph

SPEED TIME GRAPH

UNIFORM
SPEED
ACCELERATIO
N=0
SPEED
INCREASE
ACCELERAT
ION

SPEED
DECREASE
DECELERATI
ON

The gradient under the speed time graph a

known as:
(a)Rate of change of speed
(b)Acceleration/deceleration

y - axis
Gradient
x - axis
( final speed initial speed )

time taken

The area under the speed time graph repres

the distance travelled.

Speed
(ms-1 )

Area under the graph (distance)

area of a rectangle
ab

time (s )

Speed
(ms-1 )

Area under the graph (distance)

area of a right - angled triangle
1
ab
2

time (s )

Speed
(ms-1 )

Area under the graph (distance)

area of a trapezium
1
( a b) c
2

a
0
Speed
(ms-1 )

time (s )

Area under the graph (distance)

area of rectangle A

area of trapezium B
time (s )

SPM 2014
Salleh drives his car for 150km from Butterworth to Ipoh
to visit his father. Table 6 shows the note of his journey.

Time

24 August/Saturday

8.00 am

Start journey

9.04 am

Breakfast at R&R Bukit Merah after

drive for 70km

9.30 am

Continue journey for another 80km

10.15
Arrive at fathers house
(i) State the value of m and n.
am
(ii) Complete the graph that represent Sallehs whole journey.

(a)Diagram 6 shows distance time graph

(b) Calculate the average speed, in kmh

-1

for the whole journey.

(a)
Distance
(km)
150

(b)

m = 150-70
=80km
n = 64+26
=90 min

m=.

64

n=
.
Diagram 6

135

Time (min)