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AAcceleration
BEnergy
CForce
DVelocity
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Velocity
1. On a displacement-time graph, the y-axis records displacement and the x-axis records time.
2. Slope equals change in displacement divided by change in time.
3. That ratio is the definition of velocity.
4. So the slope of a displacement-time graph gives the velocity.
5. Acceleration would be the slope of a velocity-time graph, not displacement-time.
_Source: Selina Concise Physics ICSE Class 9, Ch 2 'Motion in One Dimension' (aplustopper.com extract)_
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