Question

Which of the following describes a situation in which the total distance a baseball player travels is zero meters from his starting point?

The player runs 5 meters forward, and then runs 5 meters in the opposite direction.
The player runs 5 meters forward, and then runs 6 meters in the opposite direction.
The player runs 6 meters forward, and then runs 5 meters in the opposite direction.
The player runs 6 meters forward, and then runs 0 meters in the opposite direction.

Answer 1

THE ANSWER IS:The player runs 5 meters forward, and then runs 5 meters in the opposite direction.

because if the player runs both 5 up and 5 down he has gone nowhere witch means the distance he has traveled is 0 so that's your'e answer the first one

Answer 2

The first one
Running forward is adding
Running opposite direction is subtracting
5-5
5-6
6-5
6-0

5-5 is the only one that equals 0