Question

A rock climber climbs at a rate of 720 feet per hour. Write and solve an equation to find the number of minutes

m it takes for the rock climber to climb 288 feet.
An equation that represents this situation is

Answer 1

The equation is y=12x.

It takes 24 minutes for the rock climber to get to 288 feet.

The calculation is as follows:

here we know that

One hour = 60 minutes

so, by dividing 720 from 60 we get 12

here we assume the time in minutes be x

So, the equation is

y = 12x

288=12x

288/12 = 12x/12

24 = x