Fourth year of secondary education
Rectilinear Movement
C. Palacios
 R.M. 
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2.2 Uniform movement: area under the v/t curve 

The area under the v/t curve coincides with the displacement of the moving body. 


More than a coincidence this is a law:

"The area under the v/t graph always  coincides with the space covered by the moving body".

The figure formed between the v/t graph and the time axis is a rectangle. 
As the area of a rectangle is base x height, we can say that in any uniform rectilinear movement:

Equation you can apply to any Uniform Movement.

s-s0=v.t

Uniform movement (I)
What is it?
Tables and graphs
Uniform movement (II)
s/t and v/t graphs
Area under the v/t curve
Uniformly accelerating movement (I)
What is acceleration?
Uniformly accelerating movement
Data table and s/t graph
Uniformly accelerating movement (II)
s/t, v/t and a/t graphs
Area under the v/t curve
Evaluation