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Help please please

is calculate total distance travelled

Help please please is calculate total distance travelled-example-1
User John Doty
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Here's the fact that you need to know:

"The AREA under a speed/time graph is the distance traveled during the time covered by the graph."

Now ... What's the area of that nice trapezoid on the graph ?

Hint: Area of a trapezoid is

(1/2) • (height) • (base-1 + base-2)

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