1. A car starts driving at noon (t = 0) and drives at exactly 50 miles per hour until 4pm (t = 4). (b) Sketch a graph of the car's speed (in miles per hour) vs its time (in hours). Shade in the area below your graph, between t = 0 and t = 4. 1 (c) Explain why this area is equivalent to the answer to the "how far did the car drive?" question.

1. A car starts driving at noon (t = 0) and drives at exactly 50 miles per hour until 4pm (t = 4). (b) Sketch a graph of the car's speed (in miles per hour) vs its time (in hours). Shade in the area below your graph, between t = 0 and t = 4. 1 (c) Explain why this area is equivalent to the answer to the "how far did the car drive?" question.

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1. A car starts driving at noon (\( t = 0 \)) and drives at exactly 50 miles per hour until 4pm (\( t = 4 \)).

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(b) Sketch a graph of the car’s speed (in miles per hour) vs its time (in hours). Shade in the area below your graph, between \( t = 0 \) and \( t = 4 \).

(c) Explain why this area is equivalent to the answer to the "how far did the car drive?" question.

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