Question

Dakota lives 1,500 meters from school. She leaves for school, walking at a speed of 60 meters per minute. Write an equation for her distance d in miles the car can travel on g gallons of gas.

Answer 1

Total  distance walked =  1500  meters.

Dakota's  r ate is  60  meters per minute.

The equation for  distance walked over time =  r ⋅ t .

Therefore the distance walked over  t ime =  60 ⋅ t

The equation for distance remaining (let's call it  R  is  1500 − ( 60 ⋅ t ).

so the remaining distance to walk after a time  t  can be written as

R = 1500 − ( 60 ⋅ t )