Some people think that governments should spend money on railways. Others believe that there should be more investment into new roads. Discuss both sides and give your opinion.

The given line graphs provide data about the percentages of families with gadgets in one country during a 99-year period, along with the
hours
of doing home chores by those families, over the same years. Overall, there appears to be a reverse correlation between the increase of using household appliances and
hours
of working at home. The more people moved to use gadgets, the less time they would spend working at home. Regarding electronic appliances, in 1920, the refrigerator was the least bought appliance by the inhabitants of the country by around 1 %. Following
this
,
this
electronic product had surged dramatically, surpassed all, and reached 100% in 1980, at which point it remained stable to the end of the period. As far as the vacuum cleaner is concerned, in the beginning, only one in 3 families had
this
product.
However
,
this
figure had experienced a rising trajectory, like refrigerator, and reach to 100% in 2000, after which it levelled off.
In contrast
, washing machine by standing at 40% was the
first
used appliance by people in 1920,while it rose to 70% in 1960, it fluctuated widely and end the period at just over 70%. Looking specifically and the impact of increasing the usage of equipment on
hours
of doing household chores, it can be seen that
this
figure dipped significantly from 50
hours
in 9020 to 20
hours
in 1960. From 1960 onward, it
also
decreased slightly, halved and ended at 10
hours
a week in 2019.
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