Question

Kayden is a stunt driver. One time, during a gig where she escaped from a building about to explode(!), she drove at a constant speed to get to the safe zone that was 160160160 meters away. After 333 seconds of driving, she was 858585 meters away from the safe zone.

Let DDD represent the distance (in meters) from the safe zone after ttt seconds.
Complete the equation for the relationship between the distance and number of seconds.

Answer 1

Explanation:

Distance = speed × time

Speed = distance/time

Total distance from the safe zone is 160 meters.

After 3 seconds of driving, she was 85 meters away from the safe zone. This means that the distance travelled is

160 - 85 = 75 miles

This means that he drove 75 miles in 3 seconds. Therefore, his speed would be

Speed = 75/3 = 25 miles/second

let d(t) denote the distance to the safe zone d measured in meters) as a function of time t (measured in seconds). Therefore

d(t) = 160 - 25t