A plane flies over Ithaca on its way to Los Angeles at 1 o'clock in the afternoon The plane's velocity is 500 mph. and for next four hours the plane flies at a constant velocity of 500 mph. The plane flies at the same altitude for the entire time.
a. Sketch a graph of the velocity of the plane versus time.
Since the velocity at 3:30 is 500 mph. your velocity graph should have a point with coordinates (3.5. 500). Remember the first coordinate in the coordinate pair indicates the lime. Since you were not told what the velocity is at 12:15. there is no point on the graph whose first coordinate is 12.25.
b. Sketch a graph of the distance of the plane from the place w here it passed over Ithaca versus time.
c. Compute a table of values of the distance at 1, at 2, at 3. at 4 and at 5 o'clock to check your graph in 2. If you were not able to sketch the graph, use the table of values to locate points on the graph and then go back and sketch the graph.