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Worksheet On Distance Time Graph

Neil's journey involved leaving home at 12:00, traveling 44 miles in 1.5 hours, stopping for 3 hours, and then returning home in 2 hours. The distance-time graph would show a steady increase for the first 1.5 hours, a flat line for the 3-hour stop, and a decrease back to home over 2 hours. The cyclist's ride data indicates the total distance traveled in 150 minutes and the duration of any stationary periods.

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Worksheet On Distance Time Graph

Neil's journey involved leaving home at 12:00, traveling 44 miles in 1.5 hours, stopping for 3 hours, and then returning home in 2 hours. The distance-time graph would show a steady increase for the first 1.5 hours, a flat line for the 3-hour stop, and a decrease back to home over 2 hours. The cyclist's ride data indicates the total distance traveled in 150 minutes and the duration of any stationary periods.

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Go through the following example and then answer the questions :

Example:
Valentina is going for a bike ride. Below is a distance-time graph that describes her full
journey.

a) How long was she stationary for?

b) What was the total distance travelled during her journey?

c) What was her average speed in kilometres per hour between

17:15 and 17:45?

a) We can see that the graph was flat for the duration of one big square. From the axis,
we can see that two big squares total 15 minutes, therefore one big square is worth 7.5
minutes, so she was stationary for 7.5 minutes.

b) Valentina travelled 25 km away from home, stopped briefly, and then travelled 25 km
back home. Therefore, she travelled 50 km in total.

c) We need to calculate the gradient of the graph between 17:15 and 17:45. This period
lasted for 30 minutes, which is equivalent to 0.5 hours. During this period, she increased
her distance from home from 5 km up to 25 km, meaning she travelled 20 km in total.
So, we get

Speed =20/0.5=40 km/h


Question 1: From the description of Neil’s journey below, construct a
distance-time graph.
Neil left home at 12:00 and after an hour and a half of moving at a constant
speed, he had travelled 44 miles, at which point he stopped. After 3 hours of
being stopped, he drove towards home at a constant speed, and it took him 2
hours in total to get home. [3 marks]

Question 2: A cyclist on a training ride records the distance she travels away
from home. The data only shows the first150 minutes of the ride before her
cycling computer ran out of battery.

(a) How far did she ride in the first150 minutes?

(b) For how long was she stationary? [2 marks]

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