Trapezium rule for applications

A question is this type if and only if it uses the trapezium rule in a real-world context (river cross-section, tunnel volume, distance from speed, etc.) rather than pure mathematical area.

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AQA Paper 2 2020 June Q15
5 marks Moderate -0.8
15 A particle is moving in a straight line with velocity \(\mathrm { vm } \mathrm { s } ^ { - 1 }\) at time \(t\) seconds as shown by the graph below. \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{27339c29-c4a1-480c-b882-930f8dacc7af-22_1155_1189_424_424} 15
  1. Use the trapezium rule with four strips to estimate the distance travelled by the particle during the time period \(20 \leq t \leq 100\) 15
  2. Over the same time period, the curve can be very closely modelled by a particular quadratic. Explain how you could find an alternative estimate using this quadratic.
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