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2) Lin and Andre biked home from school at a steady pace. Lin biked 1.5 km and it took her 5 minutes. Andre biked 2 km and it took him 8 minutes,

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a. To find Lin's rate, we will divide the total distance that she biked by the time she took to cover that distance.

Given that:

distance = 1.5 km

time = 5 minutes


\text{rate}=\frac{\text{distance}}{\text{time}}=\frac{1.5\operatorname{km}}{5\min}=0.3\operatorname{km}\/\min

This means that Lin's unit rate is 0.3 km/min.

b. The point that would represent Lin's unit rate would be at ( 1, 0.3 )

c. To find Andre's rate, we will be using the same method we used to find Lin's rate.

Given that:

distance = 2 km

time = 8 minutes


\text{rate}=\frac{\text{distance}}{\text{time}}=\frac{2\operatorname{km}}{8\min }=0.25\operatorname{km}\/\min

d. The point that would represent Andre's unit rate would be at ( 1, 0.25 )

e. Lin was biking a bit faster than Andre, as we can see from the graph:

Lin is going faster by 0.3 kilometer per minute, while Andre is going at 0.25 kilometer per minute.

2) Lin and Andre biked home from school at a steady pace. Lin biked 1.5 km and it-example-1
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