Question

A camp counselor starts from home and drives to a campground. The expression 130−60t represents the distance, in miles, the counselor still needs to drive after t hours. What does the 60 in the expression represent?

Answer 1

The speed of the camp counselor is 60 miles per hour.

Explanation:

A camp counselor starts from home and drives to a campground.

The expression 130−60t represents the distance, in miles, the counselor still needs to drive after t hours.

Now, in expression 130 is the distance in miles between his home to the campground.

And 60 is the rate at which the distance 130 miles is reducing per hour.

That means the speed of the camp counselor is 60 miles per hour. (Answer)