Study the distance-time graph given below for a car to travel to certain places and answer the questions that follow.
(a) How far does the car travel in 2 hours?
(b) How much time does the car take to reach R?
(c) How long does the car take to cover 80 km?
(d) How far is Q from the starting point?
(e) When does the car reach the place S after starting?

Solution:

(a)The car travels 80km in 2 hours

(b) Time Taken to reach the point R is 5 hours

(c) Time taken to cover 80 km is 2 hours

(d) Q is 120 km from the starting point

(e)The car reaches the place ‘S’ six hours after starting.

✦ Try This: Study the distance-time graph given below for a car to travel to certain places and answer the questions that follow.

(a) How far does the car travel in 5 hours?

(b) How much time does the car take to reach R?

(c) How long does the car take to cover 300 km?

(d) How far is R from the starting point?

(a) The car travels 150 km in 5 hours

(b) It takes 8 hours to reach R

(c) It takes 10 hours to cover 300 Km

(d) R is 8 hours from the starting point

☛ Also Check: NCERT Solutions for Class 8 Maths Chapter 15

NCERT Exemplar Class 8 Maths Chapter 12 Problem 58

Study the distance-time graph given below for a car to travel to certain places and answer the questions that follow. (a) How far does the car travel in 2 hours? (b) How much time does the car take to reach R? (c) How long does the car take to cover 80 km? (d) How far is Q from the starting point? (e) When does the car reach the place S after starting?

Summary

The graph presented in the given problem statement shows the distance covered by a car over a certain time interval.

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