Question

Go to the Moving Man simulation. Select the Charts tab. Click the Record button (it looks like a dot) at the bottom of the screen to start data collection (see here).

Change the blue Position number on the left side. How does this change the Moving Man? (What does a positive position value do? What does a negative position value do?)
a. Positive position moves the man up; negative position moves the man down.

b. Positive position moves the man left; negative position moves the man right.

c. Positive position moves the man right; negative position moves the man left.

d. Positive position moves the man down; negative position moves the man up.

Answer 1

In the Moving Man simulation, a positive position value moves the man to the right and a negative position value moves him to the left, consistent with physics conventions of motion. Therefore, the correct answer is c: positive position moves the man right; negative position moves the man left.

Step-by-step explanation:

When using the Moving Man simulation, changing the Position number affects the placement of the Moving Man on a horizontal line that represents position. Specifically, entering a positive position value will move the Moving Man to the right, while a negative position value will move him to the left.

This is consistent with the convention used in physics that motion to the right or upwards is considered positive, and motion to the left or downwards is considered negative.

When you change the blue position number in the Moving Man simulation, a positive position value moves the man right while a negative position value moves the man left.

Therefore, the correct answer is c: positive position moves the man right; negative position moves the man left.