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Today, John ran 15 miles in 2 hours and 30 minutes. He wants to represent the relationship between the distance he ran, in miles, and the time, in hours, as proportional in order to examine his times at various distances. Write an equation that John can use to represent a proportional relationship between distance, d , in miles, and time, t , in hours.

User Therhang
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Answer:

d = 6t

Explanation:

Letting d = distance and t = time in hours

we have d = 15 miles

t = 2 hours 30 min = 2 1/2 hours = 5/2 hours

Average speed = 15 ÷ 5/2

= 15 x 2/5 = 6 mph

So the equation is

d = 6t

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