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A cat wakes up in its bed and visits its food dish to the left of its bed.

Positions to the right of its bed are assigned a negative value and positions to the left of its bed are assigned a positive value.


Time (m) 1 2 3 4 5
Position (m) 0 2 4 -5 -10
Where did the cat begin and end its journey?

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The cat began its journey at its food dish and ended its journey 10 meters to the left of its bed.
The cat began its journey at its food dish and ended its journey 10 meters to the left of its bed.

The cat began its journey at its food dish and ended its journey 10 meters to the right of its bed.
The cat began its journey at its food dish and ended its journey 10 meters to the right of its bed.

The cat began its journey in bed and ended its journey 5 meters to the left of its bed.
The cat began its journey in bed and ended its journey 5 meters to the left of its bed.

The cat began its journey in bed and ended its journey 10 meters to the right of its bed.

1 answer

To determine where the cat began and ended its journey, we need to examine the given positions at each time interval:

  • At time 1 (m = 1), the position is 0 m (the cat's bed).
  • At time 2 (m = 2), the position is 2 m (2 meters to the left of the bed).
  • At time 3 (m = 3), the position is 4 m (4 meters to the left of the bed).
  • At time 4 (m = 4), the position is -5 m (5 meters to the right of the bed).
  • At time 5 (m = 5), the position is -10 m (10 meters to the right of the bed).

From this analysis:

  • The cat begins its journey at its bed (0 meters).
  • The cat ends its journey at -10 meters, which is 10 meters to the right of its bed.

Thus, the correct statement is:

The cat began its journey in bed and ended its journey 10 meters to the right of its bed.