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For Questions 1 through 3, interpret the position graph given in each figure by writing a very short “story” of what is happening. Be creative! Have characters and situations! Simply saying that “a car moves 100 meters to the right” doesn’t qualify as a story. Your stories should make specific reference to information you obtain from the graph, such as distance moved or time elapsed.
Short story which interprets the graph.
Explanation of Solution
Given:
Distance versus time graph.
Paul is 5 mi away from the home at a car shop. He traveled to the barber shop and covered the distance of 5 mi, in further 20 mins he reached a barber shop, where he had a haircut in 20 min. Then, he traveled back home with the same speed and covered 10mi in 40 mins.
Consider the figure of the movement indicating the movement of Paul,
Figure.1
Conclusion:
This figure indicates the movement of Paul, and variation in distance with respect to time.
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