Practice interpreting position graphs

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• Which graph has the largest total displacement?
  • What is that total displacement?

• Which graph has the largest total distance traveled?
  • What is that total distance?

• Which graph has the highest speed?
  • What is that speed?

• Which graph has the highest positive velocity?
  • What is that velocity?

• Which graph has the highest negative velocity?
  • What is that velocity?

Practice drawing position graphs

Consider the positive direction to the right for the following:

• Draw a position graph in which a person walks to the right at 2 m/s for 3 s, then stops for 1 second, then walks left at 5m/s for 3 s and stops.
  • What is the total distance traveled?
  • What is the total displacement?

• Draw a position graph in which a person walks left at 3 m/s for 3 s, then left at 2 m/s for 1 s, then right at 1 m/s for 1 s.
  • What is the total distance traveled?
  • What is the total displacement?

• Draw  position graph where a person walks left at 0.5 m/s for 2 s, then stops for 3 s, then walks right at 2 m/s for 3 s.
  • What is the total distance traveled?
  • What is the total displacement?