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    Distance Time Graph Trouble

    Hey everyone,
    This is my first time posting here but most likely not my last. I need to make a distance-time graph for Physics. So meters are on the y-axis and times on the x-axis. (Times are of how long a marble takes to reach each meter).

    Here are the images for what Excel is doing, and the chart I am trying to make.


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    Re: Distance Time Graph Trouble

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmJgu-_0r0w

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    Re: Distance Time Graph Trouble

    Hey, I've already watched this and many other videos on how to do this, my issue is that I have multiple data sets for different lines, and Excel does not know where to put the boxes for the x and y-axis. I am also unable to move any box in a useful direction.
    Thanks.

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    Re: Distance Time Graph Trouble

    It can be difficult to debug from pictures. It is unclear to me what your Excel chart is trying to use for y-values and x-values in the XY scatter chart. I'm also not sure what you want the final chart to look like. I also wonder if your "distance" values are truly the text strings "x meters" or if they are just numbers (x) with the "meters" added by formatting.

    Here's what I would suggest -- if nothing else to learn how to create a simple XY scatter chart in Excel.

    1) If the distance values are, in fact, "x meters" as text strings, re enter each of these values as just the number -- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. If you tend to forget that these represent meters, then put "meters" in the row header -- "distance, meters"
    2) I would not trust Excel to guess the data series correctly, so I would select a single, blank cell somewhere outside the table. Insert -> chart -> XY scatter
    3) Go into the Select Data dialog, clear the chart source field, then add a data series
    3a) Select the desired ranges for X values and Y values (Gut instinct is that you want distance as the X values for each series and trials 1 through 4 as the y values for each series. So the first series would be distance for X values and trial 1 for Y values.)
    3b) Repeat 3a for each data series you want to add.
    4) Format chart as desired.

    Does that get you close to what you want?
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    Re: Distance Time Graph Trouble

    If the distance values are x meters (text strings) re write/type each of these values as only a number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ETC.. If you forget that these mean meters, then I'd advise put meters in the row header. Select the favored ranges for X values and Y values, then simply keep on doing the last step for each data part.

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