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Lesson 7 · Area is displacement

Watch the area fill up

This is the area example from Ms Ghaly's velocity–time slides. Press Play: the shaded area grows as time passes. Keep an eye on the car's displacement.

010203040mv = +2 m/s
Time
0 s
Velocity
+2 m/s
Displacement
0 m
V–TFinding displacement from the area
01234567801234567Time (s)Velocity (m/s)t = 0 s, v = 2 m/s
t = 0 s, v = 2 m/s