. The Mickey family wants to travel to Wonderland, which is located 300 km from home. They travelled at a constant speed for 60 km in the first hour. They reached a McDonalds and stayed 30 minutes for lunch. Realizing they are behind schedule, Mickey had to accerlate 40 km in the next 30 minutes to reach the highway. He drove at this constant maximum speed of 100km/h for the next 1.5 hours. After exiting the highway, he had to slow down the car for 50 km during the next 30 minutes to reach the park. They spent 4 hours at the park for some fun. It is time to go home, and Mickey drove at a steady speed for 3 hours. Illustrate a distance vs. time graph to represent the scenario.

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2. The Mickey family wants to travel to Wonderland, which is located 300 km from home.
They travelled at a constant speed for 60 km in the first hour.
They reached a McDonalds and stayed 30 minutes for lunch.
Realizing they are behind schedule, Mickey had to accerlate 40 km in the next 30 minutes to reach the highway.
He drove at this constant maximum speed of 100km/h for the next 1.5 hours.
After exiting the highway, he had to slow down the car for 50 km during the next 30 minutes to reach the park.
They spent 4 hours at the park for some fun.
It is time to go home, and Mickey drove at a steady speed for 3 hours.
Illustrate a distance vs. time graph to represent the scenario.

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