Answer:
12 miles
Step-by-step explanation:
Let the amount of hours it takes Leroy to catch up to Kevin equal x. Since speed multiplied by time is distance, Leroy would have run a total of 6x miles(6*x). Kevin already had a head start of 24 minutes, which is the same as 2/5 of an hour. In 2/5 an hour, Kevin ran 2 miles as 2 is 2/5 *5. For the next x hours his distance would be a total of 5x(5*x). This means, after x hours, Kevins distance is 5x + 2. In this case, catching up to someone is the same as having the same distance value. This means we can set the two expressions equal to each other, and solve:
6x = 5x + 2
x = 2
The time it took Leroy to catch up is 2 hours, but we are looking for the distance, which is represented by 6x. We substitute in 2 to get:
6(2) = 12
This means Leroy had to run 12 miles.
You can identify the slope which is done by calculating it between two points of the line using the formula which everyone know is y2--y1 and x2--x1
Or you can find the Y intercept which you substitute the slope and the coordinates you have of a point.
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