Need help urgently with this geometry question

Explanation:

The angles (2x+24) and x are same side interior angles. Same side interior angles are supplementary when we have parallel lines.

(2x+24) + (x) = 180

2x+24+x = 180

3x+24 = 180

3x = 180-24

3x = 156

x = 156/3

x = 52

- "runner b is moving at a slower rate."

- "the graphs shown are graphs of distance(km) against time(min).

the slopes of this graphs are are given by:

slope = (change in y)/(change in x)

= (change in distance)/(change in time)

this is the formula for finding the speed. so, the slope of these graphs represent the speed of the runner.

taking each division in the graph to represent 1 on both axis:

runner a ⇒ speed = (2-0)/(1-0)

= 2/1

= 2 km/min

runner b ⇒ speed = (3-0)/(3-0)

= 3/3

= 1 km/min

this shows that   runner b is moving at a slower rate."