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HELP PLEASE!!! it's due today

What is the total displacement of the car after 5 h?


0 km


15 km


20 km


40 km

Coordinate graph with title Displacement versus Time for a Car, showing Time in hours from zero to five over horizontal axis and Displacement in kilometers from zero to twenty five over vertical axis. A line is plotted on the graph, starting from origin and peaking at twenty before moving toward horizontal axis and intersecting it at five

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The person above me should be correct but just for your double reinsurance that they are correct! Have a nice day! ;)
User Tim Andersen
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Answer:

It's right there on the graph ! At 5 hours, the displacement is zero.

"How can that be ?", you ask.

That's a great question.

The car started out, drove farther and farther from home for the first 4 hours, then drove back home during the 5th hour. It's all right there on the graph.

Explanation:

User Chris Burd
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