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Introducing Calculus

Problem requiring decisions

Discussing distance
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Problem

The two graphs below depict the same journey along a straight road.

What’s the same and what’s different about the graphs?
What do you think the labels on the each of the axes would be?

Curve increases to 8, stays roughly constant, then increases to 16.

Curve increases to 8, stays roughly constant, then decreases to 0.