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Course: Staging content lifeboat > Unit 4

Lesson 1: Hidden Tutorial for Skill Checks (all Math: Calculus)

Test Yourself: Integration applications

Problem

A freight train leaves the station on an 8-hour trip. The graph below shows the train's velocity as a function of time.
How far does the train travel?
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • an exact decimal, like 0.75
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3/5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7/4
  • a mixed number, like 1 3/4
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