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What Does the Slope of a Distance-time Graph Indicate ?

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What does the slope of a distance-time graph indicate ?

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The slope of a distance-time graph indicates speed.
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Chapter 1: Motion - Very Short Answers 2 [Page 39]

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Lakhmir Singh Physics Part 1 [English] Class 9
Chapter 1 Motion
Very Short Answers 2 | Q 7 | Page 39

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