You are training twice a week for a race. On Monday, you got 4 miles and 40 minutes. Then on Wednesday you go 2 miles in 16 minutes. Write an equation where why is the number of miles in excess the time in minutes for the day you ran the fastest for the week.

Question

You are training twice a week for a race. On Monday, you got 4 miles and 40 minutes. Then on Wednesday you go 2 miles in 16 minutes. Write an equation where why is the number of miles in excess the time in minutes for the day you ran the fastest for the week.

y = 0.1x
y = 10x
y = 0.125x
y = 8x

Answer 1

The correct equation would be:

y = 0.125x

In this equation, y represents the number of miles in excess and x represents the time in minutes. The coefficient 0.125 represents the ratio of miles to minutes, indicating that for every 1 minute, you run 0.125 miles.