Question

jessica likes to run laps after school while she waits for her brother to get out of band practice. she jogs around the track several times. which graph could show jessicas distance from her starting position over time?

Explanation:

Step1: Analyze motion pattern

Jessica runs laps: starts at position 0, moves away to max distance (end of 1 lap), returns to 0 when completing a lap, repeats.

Step2: Match to graph features

• Top-right: Starts at non-0 distance, incorrect.
• Bottom-left/right: Distance only increases, no return to start, incorrect.
• Top-left: Starts at 0, rises to peak (max distance from start), falls back to 0 (completes lap), repeats. Matches lap-running motion.

Answer:

Top-left graph (first graph, starting at (0,0), peaking, returning to 0 repeatedly)