2.Motion in Straight Line
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A woman starts from her home at $9.00\; \mathrm{am}$, walks with a speed of $5\; \mathrm{km} h^{-1}$ on a straight road up to her office $2.5\; \mathrm{km}$ away, stays at the office up to $5.00 \;\mathrm{pm}$, and returns home by an auto with a speed of $25\; \mathrm{km} h^{-1}$. Choose suitable scales and plot the $x -t$ graph of her motion

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Solution

Speed of the woman $=5 \mathrm{km} / \mathrm{h}$ Distance between her office and home $=2.5 \mathrm{km}$ Time taken = Distance / Speed $=2.5 / 5=0.5 \mathrm{h}=30 \mathrm{min}$

It is given that she covers the same distance in the evening by an auto. Now, speed of the auto $=25 \mathrm{km} / \mathrm{h}$ Time taken = Distance/ Speed $=2.5 / 25=1 / 10=0.1 \mathrm{h}=6 \mathrm{min}$

The suitable $x -t$ graph of the motion of the woman is shown in the given figure.

Standard 11
Physics

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