The area under the speed curve tells you how much distance the vehicle covers.
The distance for first 30 s corresponds to the area of a rectangle with height <em>k</em> m/s and length 30 s, or
(<em>k</em> m/s) (30 s) = 30<em>k</em> m
The distance for the last 20 s corresponds to the area of triangle with height <em>k</em> m/s and length 20 s, or
1/2 (<em>k</em> m/s) (20 s) = 10<em>k</em> m
If the total distance traveled was 1.7 km = 1700 m, then
30<em>k</em> + 10<em>k</em> = 1700
40<em>k</em> = 1700
<em>k</em> = 42.5
The slope of the line is: y= 2x+2
The answer I got was 2,423,000 million square miles. If there is a choice that says that then it’s the answer. If not, I’m probably wrong.
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I believe that answer is B. (The second one)
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