A woman starts from her home at 9.00 am, walks with a speed of 7 km h-1 on a straight road up to her office 3.5 km away, stays at the office up to 5.00 pm, and returns home by an auto with a speed of 30 km h-1. Choose suitable scales and plot the x-t graph of her motion.

A woman starts from her home at 9.00 am, walks with a speed of 7 km h-1 on a straight road up to her office 3.5 km away, stays at the office up to 5.00 pm, and returns home by an auto with a speed of 30 km h-1. Choose suitable scales and plot the x-t graph of her motion.

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Chapter3: Motion Along A Straight Line

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