1994 AJHSME Problems/Problem 18
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Problem
Mike leaves home and drives slowly east through city traffic. When he reaches the highway he drives east more rapidly until he reaches the shopping mall where he stops. He shops at the mall for an hour. Mike returns home by the same route as he came, driving west rapidly along the highway and then slowly through city traffic. Each graph shows the distance from home on the vertical axis versus the time elapsed since leaving home on the horizontal axis. Which graph is the best representation of Mike's trip?
![[asy] import graph; unitsize(12); real a(real x) {return ((x-15)^2)/2;} real b(real x) {return ((x-25)^2)/2;} real c(real x) {return ((x-30)^2 * (x-40)^2) * 8/625;} real d(real x) {return ((x-15)^2)*8/25-15;} real e(real x) {return ((x-25)^2)*8/25-15;} draw((0,9)--(0,0)--(11,0)); draw((15,9)--(15,0)--(26,0)); draw((30,9)--(30,0)--(41,0)); draw((0,-6)--(0,-15)--(11,-15)); draw((15,-6)--(15,-15)--(26,-15)); draw((0,0)--(3,8)--(7,8)--(10,0)); draw(graph(a,15,17)); draw((17,2)--(18,8)--(22,8)--(23,2)); draw(graph(b,23,25)); draw(graph(c,30,40)); draw((0,-15)--(5,-7)--(10,-15)); draw(graph(d,15,20)); draw(graph(e,20,25)); for (int k=0; k<3; ++k) { label("d",(15*k-1,8),N); label("i",(15*k-1,7),N); label("s",(15*k-1,6),N); label("t",(15*k-1,5),N); label("a",(15*k-1,4),N); label("n",(15*k-1,3),N); label("c",(15*k-1,2),N); label("e",(15*k-1,1),N); label("time",(15*k+8,0),S); } for (int k=0; k<2; ++k) { label("d",(15*k-1,8-15),N); label("i",(15*k-1,7-15),N); label("s",(15*k-1,6-15),N); label("t",(15*k-1,5-15),N); label("a",(15*k-1,4-15),N); label("n",(15*k-1,3-15),N); label("c",(15*k-1,2-15),N); label("e",(15*k-1,1-15),N); label("time",(15*k+8,0-15),S); } label("(A)",(5,9),N); label("(B)",(20,9),N); label("(C)",(35,9),N); label("(D)",(5,-6),N); label("(E)",(20,-6),N); [/asy]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/5/4/f/54fa0589b184daa9603f51226247a036be9ec376.png)
