Question

Aja and Emilie were riding their skateboards. They knew that they could ride 3 miles in 20 minutes. a. How far can the girls ride in 45 minutes?b. If y represents the distance in miles and x represents the time in minutes, write an equation to represent the distance traveled for any time.

Answer 1

Part a)

They can ride in 20+20+5 = 45 minutes

3 + 3 + 3•5/20 = 6 + 3/4 =

. = 6.75 miles

Part b)

y is distance

x is time (seconds)

then in 1 minute,there are 60 seconds

Answer is

y =( 3/20)• (1/60) x