A marathon is about 26 miles. The graph shows how fast Runner A ran. The table shows how fast Runner B ran. Which runner would win the race? How do you know? A)Runner B would win because Runner B goes 5 miles and Runner A only goes between 4 and 5 miles. B)Runner B would win because Runner B is faster than Runner A. C)Runner A would win because Runner B runs 1 mile every 10 minutes, but Runner A runs more than 1 mile every 10 minutes. D)Runner A would win because the slope is going up to the right on the graph.
To determine which runner would win the race, we need to compare their speeds and distances covered.
From the graph, we can see that Runner A ran between 4 and 5 miles. However, we do not have specific information about their speed, so we cannot make a conclusive comparison solely based on this graph.
Looking at the table, we can see that Runner B ran 5 miles. However, we also know that Runner B took 50 minutes to run that distance since they run 1 mile every 10 minutes.
Without more information on the speed of Runner A, we cannot directly compare their speeds, so option B) is not a valid answer.
We also do not have enough information to determine if Runner A or Runner B would win the race based on their speeds relative to distance covered, so option C) is not a valid answer.
Similarly, option D) is not a valid answer because the slope of the graph does not directly provide information about who would win the race.
Therefore, the only valid answer is A) We cannot determine which runner would win the race based on the given information.