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You Decide to Take a Trip Down a Stretch of Road

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You decide to take a trip down a stretch of road that runs straight east and west.The following table gives your eastward velocity (in miles per minute)measured at one-minute intervals for the first ten minutes of your trip.
 Time (min) 012345678910 Velocity 0.000.601.021.271.361.271.020.600.000.771.70 (mi/min)\begin{array}{cccccccccccc}\text { Time (min) } & 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 & 9 & 10 \\\text { Velocity } & 0.00 & 0.60 & 1.02 & 1.27 & 1.36 & 1.27 & 1.02 & 0.60 & 0.00 & -0.77 & -1.70\\\text { (mi/min)}\end{array} What is your best estimate of the total eastward distance of your car from your starting position after ten minutes? Round to the nearest whole number.

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