Question

Treva was standing on a 3-foot ledge when she tossed a stone into the air. The height of the stone over time is shown in the graph below. What is the maximum height reached by the stone? 1) 2 feet 2) 4 feet 3) 6 feet 4) 8 feet

Answer 1

Based on the graph, the maximum height reached by the stone was 2 feet (option 1).

How to interpret the graph presented?

The graph shows the distance from the original position of the stone once it is tossed. In this way, the distance is shown in the vertical axis, also known as the y-axis and the time is shown in the horizontal axis or x-axis.

Based on the graph, we can see that the stone goes up to 5 feet before moving down again. However, as the initial position was 3 feet and not 0 feet, then the maximum height reached is 2 feet (option 1).