Question

 Please create a graph to reflect the following situation:

Max is going to school. For the first 20 minutes he walks at a constant speed of 10 miles per hour. Then he gets to the bus stop and waits for the bus for another 5 minutes. Then he rides the bus for 10 minutes. The speed of the bus is 40 miles per hour.
Show graphically the distance Max has traveled to school over time since he has left his house.

Make sure you include the name of the graph, the labels and the scale on x- and y-axes; Please use graphing paper, pencil and a ruler. Please help me it’s due today I would love the help.

Answer 1

You show the time on the x-axes (from 0 to 35) and the distance on the y-axes (from 0 to 10).

You start at origin of coordinates. Then the graph rises linear until it reaches the point (20|3.3333...), then it is parallel to the x-axes (as he does not move) until it reaches (25|3.3333...). Then it increases again until it reaches (35|10).

Basically, it's linear all the time, while the slope of the graph varies in three different intervals. (Actually it wouldn't be linear as he doesn't move with the same speed all the time but we can't go more into detail based on the information we have, so we use average values.)

You can use the rule of three to find out how far he moves.