ECZ 2014 · O-Level Paper 1 — Travel Graphs

For the bus journey shown, V = 20 m/sand the two bus stops are 1 kilometre apart. Find the total time, t, taken for the whole journey, in seconds.

Diagram for ECZ 2014 · O-Level Paper 1
  • A. 100
  • B. 50
  • C. 65
  • D. 70

Verified working — step 1

The area under the graph is the whole trapezium: 1 000 = ½ × (t + 30) × 20 = 10(t + 30), so t + 30 = 100 and t = …

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