Question

timmy has 3,000 miles on his car. he drives 38 miles each day. write a linear model to represent the situation

Answer 1

38

Explanation:

Let x represent the number of days Timmy has been driving his car since he had 3,000 miles on it. Then, his total mileage can be represented as:

Total mileage = 3,000 + (38 × x)

This is a linear model, because the relationship between the total mileage and the number of days driven is a straight line with a constant slope of 38. The y-intercept of this line is 3,000, which represents the initial mileage on Timmy's car. The slope of 38 indicates that the car is being driven 38 miles further each day, which corresponds to the rate of change in the total mileage.