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Question
Write down the type of motion of a body in each of the following distance time-graph.
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Solution

(i) The body is showing decreasing velocity that is retardation.
(ii) Initially, the body is showing retarded motion and then an accelerating one.
(iii) The body is in the state of rest.
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The graph given in figure is true for
The slope of the distance-time graph indicates the speed.
Assertion: The position-time graph of a uniform motion in one dimension of a body can have a negative slope
Reason: When the speed of the body decreases with time then, the position-time graph of the moving body has a negative slope.
