What can you say about the motion of an object whose distance-time graph is a straight line parallel

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What can you say about the motion of an object whose distance-time graph is a straight line parallel to the time axis?

When an object is at rest, its distance-time graph is a straight line parallel to the time axis.

A straight line parallel to the x-axis in a distance-time graph indicates that with a change in time, there is no change in the position of the object. Thus, the object is at rest.

Concept: Graphical Representation of Linear Motion - Displacement - Time Graph or Distance - Time Graph

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Last updated at May 12, 2020 by

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When the graph of a distance-time graph is a straight line parallel to time axis,

It means that distance remains same at any time.

So, the object does not move at any time.

Therefore, the body is at rest.

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Text Solution

Solution : When distance-time graph of an object is a straight line parallel to the time axis, distance of the object at every instant of time is the same. Therefore, the object must be stationary.