Question

instructions: cut the cards apart. then glue the correct description below each graph.
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1. choose the correct description.

katie and her friends left katies house to walk to a snow cone stand half a mile away. halfway there, katie realized she left her phone at home. she ran back home, got her phone, and then ran to catch up with her friends at the snow cone stand.
allison took her dog out and alternated between running for 1.5 minutes and walking for 1.5 minutes. allison turned around with her dog halfway and ended up back at home after 0.7 miles.
nathan ran after his dog that got out for over half a mile before he caught him. he rested with the dog for several minutes before slowly walking home.

Explanation:

Step1: Analyze Graph 11's shape

Graph 11 shows distance from home increasing, decreasing to 0, then increasing sharply and leveling off.

Step2: Match to descriptions

The first description involves leaving home, returning (distance 0), then going to the stand (leveling off). Others don’t have a return to 0.

Answer:

Katie and her friends left Katie's house to walk to a snow cone stand half a mile away. Halfway there, Katie realized she left her phone at home. She ran back home, got her phone, and then ran to catch up with her friends at the snow cone stand.