Construct and interpret displacement-time graphs, with velocity as the slope of the tangent.

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Interactive

Velocity is the slope of the s–t tangent

manipulative

Scrub time on a displacement–time graph; the tangent slope is the velocity, and a track above shows the object moving with that arrow.

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