I want to show that this is constant acceleration motion. In this case, the object should follow the function: (kinematics refresher) But with graph paper, ...

Velocity-time graphs show how the velocity (or speed) of a moving object changes with time. These graphs also show if the object is moving at a constant speed or accelerating, decelerating, or ...

For the constant negative acceleration graphs the initial displacement is negative and the initial velocity is positive. Question. Which of the three motion graphs do you think is most useful?

But if you calculate the acceleration without the graph, you are explicitly stating that the y-intercept is zero---which it might not be. So there are some actual reasons for making a graph.

The fan cart demonstration is an example of nearly constant acceleration motion. You may have been surprised by the answer to the previous question that the acceleration is to the left even though the ...