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    A graph of "a versus b" means that variable a is graphed on the vertical axis and variable b is graphed on the horizontal axis. This is shorthand for graphing a as a function of b. While units are used for position (m), velocity (m/s) and acceleration (m/s^2), there is no standard unit for m/s^3 because acceleration is even more abstract than velocity, being derived from position and time. A unit for m/s^3 would be less directly connected to physical reality and therefore less useful.

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    A graph of "a versus b" means that variable a is graphed on the vertical axis and variable b is graphed on the horizontal axis. This is shorthand for graphing a as a function of b. While units are used for position (m), velocity (m/s) and acceleration (m/s^2), there is no standard unit for m/s^3 because acceleration is even more abstract than velocity, being derived from position and time. A unit for m/s^3 would be less directly connected to physical reality and therefore less useful.

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    A graph of "a versus b" means that variable a is graphed on the vertical axis and variable b is graphed on the horizontal axis. This is shorthand for graphing a as a function of b. While units are used for position (m), velocity (m/s) and acceleration (m/s^2), there is no standard unit for m/s^3 because acceleration is even more abstract than velocity, being derived from position and time. A unit for m/s^3 would be less directly connected to physical reality and therefore less useful.

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    A graph of "a versus b" means that variable a is graphed on the vertical axis and variable b is graphed on the horizontal axis. This is shorthand for graphing a as a function of b. While units are used for position (m), velocity (m/s) and acceleration (m/s^2), there is no standard unit for m/s^3 because acceleration is even more abstract than velocity, being derived from position and time. A unit for m/s^3 would be less directly connected to physical reality and therefore less useful.

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    p. 19: A graph of “a versus b” means that a is graphed on the vertical axis and b on the horizontal axis.
    Saying “graph a versus b” is shorthand for “graph a as a function of b”

    MeQ: Why have x (m), v (m/s), a (m/s2); but no unit for m/s3? Perhaps the reason is because m/s3 isn’t
    a very useful parameter/dimension. X and t are very material. V is more abstract; it is derived from x and
    t. A is even more abstract. So a unit for m/s3 would be even more abstract and therefore be less directly
    connected to reality, so less useful.

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