Question

1. choose the correct description.

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.
jackie left her house for a jog. her workout alternated between running for 1.5 minutes and walking for 1.5 minutes. she stopped after 0.7 miles to rest at a park.
ben walked with a friend to a gas station close to his home to get a soda. he and his friend talked to some classmates at the gas station for a few minutes, and then the classmates drove ben and his friend back to bens house. they got to bens house 4.5 times faster in the car than when they walked.

Explanation:

The description of Nathan's activity matches the pattern of distance vs. time: running (increasing distance), resting (flat line), then walking home (decreasing distance) – which aligns with the first graph (top-left, labeled 10). The other options involve alternating speeds (Jackie) or a faster return (Ben), which don’t fit the first graph’s shape.

Answer:

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. (Assuming the correct graph is the top-left one, but since the question asks for the correct description matching the graph, the first option corresponds to the distance-time graph with increase, flat, then decrease.)

Wait, the question says "Choose the correct description" – but the graphs are labeled 10,11,12,13. Since the first graph (10) shows distance increasing (running), flat (resting), then decreasing (walking home), the first description (Nathan) matches graph 10.

So the correct answer is the first option: 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.