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a bird was sitting on a tree branch at a height of 18 feet. the bird swooped down to the ground and picked up a twig, which was at a horizontal distance of 3 feet from where it was sitting. the bird then flew up to the top of an 8 foot high rock.

which graph represents the approximate path of the bird?

The blue line needs to start at 18 on the Y axis, which is the height of the first branch. It then was on the ground  3 feet away, so the line needs to touch the 3 on the x axis.

The bird then flew up 8 feet, so the blue line needs to end on Y 8.

Graph A is the correct one.

Option A

Step-by-step explanation:

Given :

A bird was sitting on a tree branch at a height of 18 feet.

The bird swooped down to the ground and picked up a twig, which was at a horizontal distance of 3 feet from where it was sitting.

The bird then flew up to the top of an 8 foot high rock.

To Find:Which graph represents the approximate path of the bird?

Solution:

With the given details Option A is true.

In the graph A , Initially the bird was at height of 18 feet .

Now the bird swooped down to the ground

So, Height becomes 0

After the  height becomes 0 bird picked up a twig at a horizontal distance of 3 feet

Now again The bird then flew up to the top of an 8 foot high rock.

So, Now the bird is at height of 8 feet.

So, Option A is true according to situation.

In Option B the bird is initially at height of 14 feet which is wrong according to the given data.

In Option C the bird is initially at height of 14 feet which is wrong according to the given data.

In Option D the bird was initially at height of 18 feet but after swooped down to the ground it bird picked up a twig at a horizontal distance of 2.5 feet while in the given data bird picked up a twig at a horizontal distance of 3 feet

Hence Option A is true.