Question

Julissa is running a 10-kilometer race at a constant pace. After running for 18 minutes, she completes 2 kilometers. After running for 54 minutes, she completes 6 kilometers. Her trainer writes an equation letting t, the time in minutes, represent the independent variable and k, the number of kilometers, represent the dependent variable. Write the equation.

Answer 1

First, we need her speed as it will serve as the slope of the equation.
Distance = 2 km
time = 18 min
Speed = 1/9 km/min
k = (1/9)t
Where k is the distance in km and t is the time in minutes.