Re: Graphing d vs t

[Robert Cohen <Robert.Cohen@PO-BOX.ESU.EDU>]

My initial reaction was like ME's but then I read Tim's post again:

"...one teacher was adamant about when graphing distance vs time, time was
ALWAYS on the horizontal axis."

Is the question about what it means to say "d vs. t"?  I must admit I have
always assumed "d vs. t" to mean that t is the independent (and thus
horizontal axis).

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Edmiston [mailto:edmiston@BLUFFTON.EDU]
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 12:19 PM
> To: PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu
> Subject: Re: Graphing d vs t
>
> [snip]
> If I have a specific use for the graph in my mind, then that
> determines how
> I construct it.  If I don't know for sure how people will use
> it, but I can
> identify a dependent variable and an independent variable, I put the
> independent variable on the horizontal axis.

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