For a car moving with accelerated motion, the distance-time graph is:
Non-linear curve
In accelerated motion the speed keeps changing, so the car covers unequal distances in equal intervals of time.
The slope of a distance-time graph gives speed. Since the speed changes continuously, the slope changes and the graph bends into a curve (for uniform acceleration, s = ut + ½at2, a parabola).
A straight inclined line would mean uniform speed, a horizontal line means the body is at rest, and a vertical line is physically impossible (distance covered in zero time).
Hence, the answer is Non-linear curve.
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