If you dropped a ball from a height of 10 m and measured its distance to the ground every 0.1 s, what would the graph of position versus time look like?

a. It would curve upward.

b. It would curve downward.

c. It would be a straight line angled downward.

d. It would be a line parallel to the horizontal axis.

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Thomas

8 September, 17:04

If you dropped a ball from a height of 10 m and measured its distance to the ground every 0.1 s, what would the graph of position versus time look like?

a. It would curve upward.

b. It would curve downward.

c. It would be a straight line angled downward.

d. It would be a line parallel to the horizontal axis.

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Max Berger · Answer 1

The graph of height vs time would curve downward.

The height is decreasing as time goes on, and its rate of decrease

is growing because of the acceleration of gravity. So the downward

slope of the graph (which represents speed) is increasing.