Question

Jorie leaves work 30 minutes late. She decides to make up time by taking the toll road instead of side streets. She can travel four times faster by taking the toll road. Create an equation to represent her total travel time, including wait time, where x is the number of minutes the drive was expected to take.
A. y = \frac{1}{4}x -30
B. y = 4x - 30
C. y = \frac{1}{4}x + 30
D. y = 4x + 30

Answer 1

Answer:

OPTION C

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that the toll road is 4 times faster than the side streets.

If 'x' represents the number of minutes she usually spend taking the side streets. The $\frac{1}{4} x$ represents the time she takes taking the toll road.

Also we need to create an equation to represent her total travel time, including wait time. Therefore, the equation is:

$y = \frac{1}{4}x + 30$

Therefore, the correct solution is the OPTION C.