How do you find velocity on a position/time graph?

Well, to find velocity, you need to divide the change in position by the change in time. So on your graph, find two points. Find the change in position and time in those two points, these can be any two points on the graph. Then you can divide the change in position by the change in time. (I know this explanation is confusing so hopefully what I included below can help.)

Velocity =   x1 - x2  divided by t1 - t2

x1 = final position   x2 = initial position

t1 = final time          t2 = initial time

Hopefully this helps!

trig 15.3 cos

  distance on the y-axis and time on the x-axis.

explanation:

the instantaneous velocity = change in position/time taken

the slope of the graph should give instantaneous velocity.

  slope of a graph = change in value of y -axis / change in values of x -axis

  comparing both the equations

    change in value of y -axis = change in position

  change in values of x -axis = time taken

so position values should be on the y axis and time values should be on the x axis.

distance on the y-axis and time on the x-axis.