Final answer:
The student who has the correct analysis of the forces and motion of the backpack understands Newton's laws of motion and can apply them to the situation.
Step-by-step explanation:
The student who has the correct analysis of the forces and motion of the backpack would be the one who understands the principles of Newton's laws of motion and can apply them to the situation.
Newton's first law of motion states that an object at rest tends to stay at rest, and an object in motion tends to stay in motion with the same speed and in the same direction, unless acted upon by an external force. This law applies to the backpack on the group's graph, as it initially moves forward and then stops.
Newton's second law of motion states that the acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the net force acting on it and inversely proportional to its mass. The student who correctly recognizes the forces and acceleration involved in the motion of the backpack would have the correct analysis.