This holiday weekend, Sandeep is going to Chicago to shop and see a baseball game. To avoid traffic, Sandeep decides to take the train. There is a proportional relationship between the time (in minutes) Sandeep spends riding the train, x, and the distance he travels (in miles), y.

Question

This holiday weekend, Sandeep is going to Chicago to shop and see a baseball game. To avoid traffic, Sandeep decides to take the train. There is a proportional relationship between the time (in minutes) Sandeep spends riding the train, x, and the distance he travels (in miles), y.

The equation that models this relationship is y=1.5x.
How long does it take Sandeep to travel 18 miles on the train? Write your answer as a whole number or decimal.

Answer 1

To find out how long it takes Sandeep to travel 18 miles on the train, we can substitute 18 for y in the equation y=1.5x:

18 = 1.5x

Now, we can solve for x:

x = 18 / 1.5
x = 12

Therefore, it takes Sandeep 12 minutes to travel 18 miles on the train.