Question

You and your best friend are both on the swim team. You want to beat your friend at the next swim meet so you decide to swim 151515 minutes longer than she does one day at practice. Write an equation for the number of minutes you swim, yyy, when your friend swims xxx number of minutes.

Answer 1

y = x + 15

Explanation:

My friend swims x minutes.

I swim 15 minutes more than my friends, so I swim x + 15 minutes.

I swim y minutes, so y equals x + 15

Answer: y = x + 15