Question

practice analyzing quantitative relationships.
which graph represents decreasing distance with increasing time?

Explanation:

We need a graph where as the horizontal axis (time) increases, the vertical axis (distance) decreases.

1. First graph: Distance stays constant as time increases.
2. Second graph: Distance decreases continuously as time increases, matching the requirement.
3. Third graph: Distance increases as time increases.
4. Fourth graph: Distance stays constant first, then decreases.

The question asks for decreasing distance with increasing time, and the second graph shows this relationship consistently from the start.

Answer:

B. The second graph (with a downward-sloping line from the top-left to bottom-right, where distance starts at a positive value and decreases to 0 as time increases)