In Exercises 7 and $8,$ a distance-time graph is shown.
(a) Estimate the slopes of the secants $P Q_{1}, P Q_{2}, P Q_{3},$ and $P Q_{4}$ arranging them in order in a table. What is the appropriate unit for these slopes?
(b) Estimate the speed at point $P .$
Accelerating from a Standstill The figure shows the distance-time graph for a 1994 Ford $^{\circ}$ Mustang CobraTM accelerating from a standstill.