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The correct graph representing the distance covered by the car with time would be graph number 2.

This is because, in the given speed-time graph, the speed of the car is initially increasing with time which means the distance covered will also increase at an increasing rate during that period, as seen in the initial upward curve in graph 2. Then, the speed becomes constant for some time, during which the distance covered will increase at a constant rate, shown by the straight line in graph 2. Finally, the speed decreases with time, which means the rate of distance covered will also decrease, as represented by the decreasing curve in graph 2.