You walk 10 miles north, 20 miles south, and 5 miles north. taking north to be the positive y direction, define a position vector that describes your position on the y-axis.

Considering north as positive Y axis

       First  10 miles north means a positive 10 displacement along y direction

      Second 20 miles south means a negative 20 displacement along y direction

       Third 5 miles south means a positive 5 displacement along y direction

So total displacement = 10 - 20 + 5 = -5 miles displacement

So position vector of the final position = - 5 j

  distance on the y-axis and time on the x-axis.

explanation:

the instantaneous velocity = change in position/time taken

the slope of the graph should give instantaneous velocity.

  slope of a graph = change in value of y -axis / change in values of x -axis

  comparing both the equations

    change in value of y -axis = change in position

  change in values of x -axis = time taken

so position values should be on the y axis and time values should be on the x axis.

distance on the y-axis and time on the x-axis.