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Ajita starts off from home at 07.00 hours with her father on a scooter that goes at a uniform speed of 30 km/h and drops her at her school after half an hour. She stays in the school till 13.30 hours - Mathematics

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Ajita starts off from home at 07.00 hours with her father on a scooter that goes at a uniform speed of 30 km/h and drops her at her school after half an hour. She stays in the school till 13.30 hours and takes an auto-rickshaw to return home. The rickshaw has a uniform speed of 10 km/h. Draw the graph for the above situation and also determine the distance of Ajita’s school from her house.

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Solution

Uniform speed of Ajita’s father on scooter = 30 km/h

Time taken by her father to drop Ajita to her school = `1/2`h on 30 min

∴ Distance between Ajita’s school and her home = `30 xx 1/2`= 15 km  ...[∵ Distance = Speed × Time]

Distance cover in 1 min = `15/30`  

= `1/2` km

= 500 m   

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Chapter 12: Introduct To Graphs - Exercise [Page 391]

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NCERT Exemplar Mathematics [English] Class 8
Chapter 12 Introduct To Graphs
Exercise | Q 72. | Page 391

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