Position-Time Graph in Uniformly Accelerated Motion – Rankers Physics
Topic: Kinematics
Subtopic: Graphs of Motion

Position-Time Graph in Uniformly Accelerated Motion


Assertion (A): For uniformly accelerated motion along straight line, the position versus time graph is a straight line.
Reason (R): For uniformly accelerated motion the position in equal intervals of time changes by same amount.
 
(1) Both (A) & (R) are true and the (R) is the correct explanation of the (A)
(2) Both (A) & (R) are true but the (R) is not the correct explanation of the (A)
(3) (A) is true but (R) is false
(4) Both (A) and (R) are false

Solution:

Assertion (A) is false.


For uniformly accelerated motion, position \( x \) is related to time \( t \) by \( x = x_0 + v_0 t + \frac{1}{2} a t^2 \). This is a parabolic equation, so the position-time graph is a parabola, not a straight line.


Reason (R) is false. In uniformly accelerated motion, velocity changes by equal amounts in equal time intervals, but position does not. Position changes by increasing amounts (if starting from rest).


Therefore, both the Assertion and the Reason are false.

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