Answer:
Choice C: Lauren is faster than Kevin, slower than Jeremy.
Step-by-step explanation:
Ok, so it directly says that Jeremy is going at y=12x, or 12 miles per hour. To find how fast Kevin is riding, take two points of the table and use the slope formula to get the speed(.
Slope Formula: (y2-y1) / (x2-x1)
So lets take the table plots (2, 22) and (4, 33) to do this.
(y2-y1) / (x2-x1)
(33-22) / (4-2)
(11) / (2)
The speed of Kevin is 5.5 miles by hour.
Then, it asks for how fast Lauren is going, saying she is twice as fast as Kevin. Therefore, simply do:
5.5 * 2 = 11 miles per hour
To get the third biker's speed.
Now, with all of the speeds of the bikers, we can now compare them. Here's a listing of their speeds to make things easier to compare:
Jeremy: 12 mph
Kevin: 5.5 mph
Lauren: 11 mph
From this, we can see that Lauren is the second fastest. She is slower than Jeremy but faster than Kevin. Therefore, the correct answer choice is C.
