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Given the following graph, where the y-axis is velocity (m/s) and the x-axis is space (m):

$v(s) = \begin{cases} \sqrt{5s} & s < 20 \\ 10 & s \geq 20 \end{cases}$

The question is about how much time the body needs to move the first 100 meters.

From 20 to 100 meters it needs 8 seconds. But I'm not sure how to solve the square root part. How can it be solved by integration?

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Hint: We have $\frac{ds}{dt}=\sqrt{5s}.$ This is a separable differential equation. Rewrite as $\frac{ds}{\sqrt{5s}}=dt$ and integrate. Remember to use the initial condition to evaluate the constant of integration.