We have 11 as our base value, meaning that we add 11 to something, so we have 11+<something>. To find that something, we want to know how long it takes to go 21.78 miles at 33 miles per hour. To get this, we want to turn miles per hour into minutes per mile and multiply that by 21.78 miles to get our answer. Therefore, we cross them out as shown in the equation to get
Y= -7/4x - 11
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Subtract 6x from both sides to get:
2y=-6x+12
Then divide both sides by 2 to get:
y=-3x+6
Emily = x
Samantha = x + 2
Lauren = x + 4
x + (x + 2) + (x + 4) = 42
x = 12
Thus:
Emily = 12
Samantha = 14
Lauren = 16
I did 12x9 and I believe it’s A but if I’m wrong I apologize but it should be right !