The complete question is shown in the figure below. As you can see one square units is well shown in the graph. So we can conclude that the distance between two consecutive points is 1 unit. If so, then we can calculate the area of the parallelogram as follows:
Then, finding CB by Pythagorean Theorem:
And:
Therefore:
Answer:
Average speed of the particle is 13 miles per hour.
Step-by-step explanation:
From the given question expression for distance traveled by the particle is
Then fro the time interval (1, 4) we have to calculate the average speed.
At t=1, s=2(1)²+3(1) =2+3 =5 miles
And at t = 4 s=2(4)²+3(4) = 2(16)+12 = 32+12 =44 miles
So displacement of the particle in the time span from 1 to hours.
s = (44-5) = 39 miles
And the times taken = (4-1) =3 hours
From the formula speed = displacement/(time taken for displacement)
V = 39/3 = 13 miles/hour
