Consider the velocity function shown below of an object moving along a line. Assume time is measured

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Consider the velocity function shown below of an object moving along a line. Assume time is measured in seconds and distance is measured in meters. The areas of four regions bounded by the velocity curve and the t-axis are also given.

14 + /6 3 5 10 20

a. On what intervals is the object moving in the negative  direction?

b. What is the displacement of the object over the interval [2, 6]?
c. How far does the object travel over the interval [0, 6]?
d. What is the displacement of the object over the interval [0, 8]?
e. Describe the position of the object relative to its initial position after 8 hours.

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Calculus Early Transcendentals

ISBN: 978-0321947345

2nd edition

Authors: William L. Briggs, Lyle Cochran, Bernard Gillett

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