Suppose that you travel 30 miles/hour for 2 hours, then 40 miles/hour for 1/2 hour, then 20 miles/hour for 4 hours. (a) What is the total distance you traveled? (b) Sketch a graph of the velocity function for this trip. (c) Represent the total distance traveled on your graph in part (b).
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Roger runs a marathon. His friend Jeff rides behind him on a bicycle and clocks his speed every 15 minutes. Roger starts out strong, but after an hour and a half he is so exhausted that he has to stop. Jeffs data follow: Time since start (min) 0 15 30 45 60 75 90 Speed (mph) 12 11 10 10 8 7 0 (a) Assuming that Rogers speed is never increasing, give upper and lower estimates for the distance Roger ran during the first half hour. (b) Give upper and lower estimates for the distance Roger ran in total during the entire hour and a half.
Solution
The first step in solving 5.1 problem number 8 trying to solve the problem we have to refer to the textbook question: Roger runs a marathon. His friend Jeff rides behind him on a bicycle and clocks his speed every 15 minutes. Roger starts out strong, but after an hour and a half he is so exhausted that he has to stop. Jeffs data follow: Time since start (min) 0 15 30 45 60 75 90 Speed (mph) 12 11 10 10 8 7 0 (a) Assuming that Rogers speed is never increasing, give upper and lower estimates for the distance Roger ran during the first half hour. (b) Give upper and lower estimates for the distance Roger ran in total during the entire hour and a half.
From the textbook chapter DISTANCE AND ACCUMULATED CHANGE you will find a few key concepts needed to solve this.
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