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Question 89 of 308

The position-time graphs for two students AA and BB returning from the school to their homes are shown in figure.

(A)
AA lives closer to the school
(B)
BB lives closer to the school
(C)
AA takes lesser time to reach home
(D)
AA travels faster than BB
(E)
BB travels faster than AA
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Answer: (D) (A)\left(A\right) and (E)\left(E\right) only

From the position time graph the velocity is found out by the slope of the line. The slope is given by x2−x1t2−t1\dfrac{{x}_{2}-{x}_{1}}{{t}_{2}-{t}_{1}}.
The slope of
BB is greater than AA. Hence, the velocity of BB is greater than AA. As can be seen from the graph XA<XB{X}_{A}\lt {X}_{B}. So AA lives closer to the school and VB>VA{V}_{B}\gt {V}_{A}. Hence, this is the correct option.

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