You Decide to Take a Trip Down a Stretch of Road

question 66

Multiple Choice

You decide to take a trip down a stretch of road that runs straight east and west.The following table gives your eastward velocity (in miles per minute) measured at one-minute intervals for the first ten minutes of your trip. $\begin{array}{cccccccccccc}\text { Time (min) } & 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 & 9 & 10 \\\text { Velocity } & 0.00 & 0.49 & 0.84 & 1.05 & 1.12 & 1.05 & 0.84 & 0.49 & 0.00 & -0.63 & -1.4\\\text { (mi/min) }\end{array}$ Does the following graph give your acceleration or your eastward distance from your starting place as a function of time?

• A)Your acceleration
• B)Your eastward distance

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