Rita goes for a bike ride on a trail by her house. After 15 minutes of riding she sees a mile marker. When she reaches the third mile marker, she realizes that she has been biking for 30 minutes. What is the rate at which she is riding?

Given:

Rita covered 1 mile in 15 minutes.

She covered 3 miles in 30 minutes.

To find:

The rate at which she is riding.

Solution:

Let y be the number of miles covered in x minutes.

Rita covered 1 mile in 15 minutes. So, the point is (15,1).

She covered 3 miles in 30 minutes. So, the point is (30,3).

Slope of the line:

Therefore, she is riding miles per minute.

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step-by-step explanation:

answer: there are x+184 pages in olivia's book.

step-by-step explanation:

let the total number of pages in the book which olive has already read be x.

then if olive has 184 pages left to read, then the total number of pages are in olive's book= pages she has read+pages she has left to read

therefore, the total number of pages in olivia's book=

hence, there are x+184 pages in olivia's book.