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speed (mph) 50 50 50 50 50 50 time (Sec) 0 5 10 15 20 25

Suppose youre driving along a freeway. Every five seconds, you jot down speedometer reading and enter this information in Your first few given in the table at the right. As you will easily car is with constant speed!

Now, lets plot this data on the graph below. Note: The time scale is in hours not seconds). Assume the car continues to move with constant speed indefinitely!

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Nextan easy question: Q: If a car travels 50 miles per hour (mph) for 2 hours, how far does the car travel? (Dont x 2 hours = 100 miles, or hour peek below.) A: Mathematically, we can write m i l e s

No problem there. But did you know that on the graph, the answer (100 miles) corresponds to the area under the line on the graph from t=0 to 2 hours?

The area of rectangle = 2 hours * 50 mph = base times height = 100 miles

10 15 25 Time, t (hours)

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For the following problems, we are interested in the position (d) of the car. Imagine an extremely long ruler on the shoulder of the road. The position of the car is defined as the point on the ruler that lines up with the front bumper of the car. Q1: If a car travels 50 mph from t=0 to 5 hours, how far does the car travel? Indicate the relevant area on the speed graph. What does the position graph look like? (What is the position of the car at t=5 hours?)

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10 Time, t (hours)

Time, t (hours)

For the following problems, assume that the position of the car is zero miles when the time is zero hours. (Or, d=0 when t=0.) The correct speed and position of the car is given below.

0 0 1 2 Time, t (hours) 3

1 2 Time, t (hours)

Q2: A car travels 50 mph from t=0 to 1 hours, and then 100 mph from t=1 to 2 hours (as shown in the above graphs). How far does the car travel from t=1 to 2 hours? Indicate the relevant area on the speed graph, find the area, and check the above answer. How much does the position change from t=0 to 1 hours? How far does the car travel for the entire durationt=0 to 2 hours? Indicate the relevant area and check your answer. Does the position graph support this answer? Lets reverse the order of the speeds in Q2! Q3: A car travels 100 mph from t=0 to 1 hours, and only 50 mph from t=1 to 2 hours. In the above graphs, represent the speed and position of the car using a bluecolored pencil. Compare the slopes of the line segments in the position-time graph for Q2 and Q3. How far does the car travel for the entire durationt=0 to 2 hours? Indicate the relevant area and check your answer. Does the position graph support this answer?

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