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A woman starts from her home at 9.00 am, walks with a speed of 5 km h−1^{-1} on a straight road up to her office 2.5 km away, stays at the office up to 5.00 pm, and returns home by an auto with a speed of 25 km h−1^{-1}. Choose suitable scales and plot the (x-t) graph of her motion.
Solution:  
From home to office : Time at which she leaves home for the office=9 am= 9 \text{ am}.
speed =5 km h−1;=5 \text{ km} \text{ h}^{-1} ; distance =2.5 km=2.5 \text{ km}
Therefore, time taken to reach the office,
t=distancespeedt=\frac{\text{distance}}{\text{speed}}
=2.5 km5 km h−1= \frac{2.5 \text{ km}}{5 \text{ km} \text{ h}^{-1}}
=0.5 h=30 min=0.5 \text{ h}=30 \text{ min}
Thus, time at which she reaches her office = 9.30 am.
Between 9.30 am to 5 pm, she remains in her office i.e. at a distance of 2.5 km from her home.
From office to home : Time at which she leaves her office = 5 pm.
Speed =25 km h−1,=25 \text{ km} \text{ h}^{-1}, distance =2.5 km=2.5 \text{ km}
Therefore, time taken to reach the home, t=2.5 km25 kmh−1t=\frac{2.5 \text{ km}}{25 \text{ kmh}^{-1}}
=110 h=6 min= \frac{1}{10} \text{ h}=6 \text{ min}
Therefore, time at which she reaches her home = 5.06 pm.
Hence, (x-t) graph of her motion will be as shown in figure.
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