wo frictionless carts are on a horizontal track. The first cart is initially at rest, and has a mass of 0.500 kg. It has a massless spring for a bumper (with spring constant 400 N/m). The second cart (mass of 0.800 kg), heads towards it from the left with a velocity of 2.00 m/s. a) What speed do the two carts have when they are travelling at the same speed

  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.