Question: To get to work, a man has a one - hour commute on the interstate. Although he starts out at over 7 0 mph ,

To get to work, a man has a one-hour commute on the interstate. Although he starts out at over 70 mph , the heavy volume of cars causes a minor slow-down so he's going approximately 60 mph after 40 minutes. His speed is governed by the function:
Speed =25**(t-0.7)2+60
where speed is in mph and t is in hours.
Objective A
Create the subplots below depicting the speed on the top graph and the acceleration (derivative of speed function) on the bottom graph. The functions should be plotted on the interval from 0 to 1(x values) as shown. The speed plot should have the area under the first half-hour shaded one color and the area under the second half hour shaded a different color (for visualization of Objective B).
Obiective B
Integrating the speed function yields the distance traveled. Use MATLAB to calculate the distance traveled in the first half hour and the distance traveled in the second half hour.
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