Question

A courier-person cycles from a town to a neighbouring suburban area to deliver a parcel to a merchant. His distances from the town at different times are shown by the given graph.

Study the above graph carefully and answer the questions given below:

(i) What is the scale taken for the time-axis?

(ii) How much time did the person take for the travel?

(iii) How far is the place of the merchant from the town?

(iv) Did the person stop on his way? Explain.

(v) During which period did he ride fastest?

Answer 1

(i) The scale taken for the time-axis is 1 unit = 15 minutes.

(ii) The person took 3 hours 30 minutes to travel.

(iii) The distance from the town to the merchant place is 22 km.

(iv) Yes, the person stopped on his way during the time interval 10 a.m to 11 a.m as indicated by the horizontal line on the graph.

(v) During 8 a.m to 9 a.m period he rode the fastest.