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The discussion centers on a high school student's inquiry about calculating the area below a graph for a physics lab assignment. The student is unable to access a regular physics help forum due to an IP address suspension. The specific method for finding the area under the curve is not detailed in the discussion, but it implies the need for techniques such as integration or geometric area calculation based on the graph provided.

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Hi guys, I'm a High School student seeking help. The regular physics help forum suspended my IP address from logging on for some reason, so no matter how many accounts I make, it won't let me sign in.

Okay, so my question is: given the picture below, how can I find the area below the graph (in the shaded region) ? It's for a lab that I did in class, but it wasn't until i finished the whole picture that i realized that I didn't know how to calculate the area of this graph.

Thanks.

http://unityofthedragons.org/oker.jpg
 
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