A moving box's motion is described by the velocity graph below. The box's initial position is x = 0.
(a) How far has the box moved at t = 4?
(b) What is the displacement of the box from t=4 to t=10?
2. 1D Motion / Kinematics
Calculating Displacement from Velocity-Time Graphs
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