Question

Five pounds of body fat is equivalent to 16000 calories. Carol can burn 600 calories per hour bicycling and 400 calories per swimming. How many calories will carol burn in x hours of cycling? How many calories will she burn in y hours of swimming?

Answer 1

Rates have units as in calories per hour that cancel out. When you multiply these by the dividing units.

Calories burned Cycling = 600x

Calories burned Swimming = 400y