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

Question

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?

(1 point)
Responses

The cat began its journey in bed and ended its journey 10 meters to the right of its bed.
The cat began its journey in bed 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 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 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 in bed and ended its journey 5 meters to the left of its bed.

Answer 1

To determine where the cat began and ended its journey, we can analyze the positions at each time interval provided:

• At time 1, position is 0 m (in bed).
• At time 2, position is 2 m (to the left of the bed).
• At time 3, position is 4 m (further to the left of the bed).
• At time 4, position is -5 m (to the right of the bed).
• At time 5, position is -10 m (further to the right of the bed).

The cat starts its journey in bed (position 0 m), and by the end of the journey (time 5), the cat is at -10 m (which is 10 meters to the right of the bed, since positions to the right are negative).

Thus, the correct response is:

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