Question

Joey, who is 8 years old, is a star player for his school's basketball team. His latest shot is shown on the graph, which represents the height of the basketball as a function of the horizontal distance. The unit of measurement is feet. What is the significance of the point (0, 4) on the graph?
A) Joey caught the ball from a height of 4 feet.
B) Joey released the ball from a height of 4 feet.
C) Joey threw the ball a horizontal distance of 4 feet.
D) The lowest point of the ball on the graph is 4 feet.

Answer 1

Answer: Option B

Step-by-step explanation:

The graph represents the height of the ball as a function of the horizontal distance.

We have the pair (0,4), and in this notation, the first value is the value of x and the second is the value of y.

Then the value x = 0 means that the ball is still in Joey's hands, and the value y = 4 ft means that the ball is 4 ft above the ground.

Then the correct answer B) joey released the ball from a height of 4 feet.

We know that is this because we know that the graph is of a shot, so option A has no sense.

Answer 2

B) Joey released the ball at a height of 4 feet.