Question

Select the correct answer.

The slope of the position-time graph of a moving car is negative. Initially, the car has a positive
position. What does this information tell you?
O The car travels toward the origin.
O The car is stationary.
The car moves in the positive sense.
O The car travels away from the origin.

Answer 1

The car travels towards the origin.

Step-by-step explanation:

It is given that the initial position of the car is a positive position. Meaning, that if one were to graph the position of the car, it would be located in the first domain of a graph.

Then, we are also given that the slope of the moving car is negative. The slope of a position vs. time graph gives us the velocity, meaning that the velocity of the car is negative.

Therefore, you can draw the conclusion that the car travels back to the origin, located at x = 0 because the car's position is positive and the velocity is negative.