Question 13
A container ship left Manila Bay at 5:00 am. The following graph shows the distance it travelled during the first five seconds of the trip. The data was graphed and was found to follow the trend d=3t² where v is the distance and t is the time. Which of the following best describes its acceleration?

Editorial correction: d is distance; the source’s later v is a symbol typo. Use metres and seconds.

Editorial correction: d is distance; the source’s later v is a symbol typo. Use metres and seconds.