An outward and return walk

An outward and return walk

Secondary 3
6 marks
TGM Original Questions

The graph shows a walker’s distance \(d\), in kilometres, from home after \(t\) minutes. She walks along the same straight route throughout.

  1. State how long she rests.[1]
  2. Calculate her speed during the first 20 minutes, in km/h.[2]
  3. Calculate her average speed for the whole hour. Explain why using the final vertical coordinate as the total distance would be wrong.[3]

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Answer:(a) 10 min. (b) 6 km/h. (c) 4 km/h; total distance is 4 km.

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