Maya is running a 10km race. She wants to write an equation for her average rate (r) given the time it takes her to finish (t).How should Maya write her equation?Choose 1 answer:(A) 10=rt(B) t10=r(C) r10=t
Q. Maya is running a 10km race. She wants to write an equation for her average rate (r) given the time it takes her to finish (t).How should Maya write her equation?Choose 1 answer:(A) 10=rt(B) t10=r(C) r10=t
Define Average Rate Equation: Maya wants to find her average rate r for a 10km race given the time t it takes her to finish. The average rate is defined as the total distance traveled divided by the total time taken. Therefore, the equation relating distance, rate, and time is distance=rate×time.
Rearrange Equation for Rate: To solve for the average rate r, we need to rearrange the equation to solve for r. The original equation is distance = rate × time, which can be written as d=rt, where d is the distance. Since Maya's race is 10km, we can substitute d with 10km.
Substitute Values and Solve: Now we have 10km=r×t. To solve for r, we need to divide both sides of the equation by t. This gives us r=t10km. This equation represents the average rate (r) as the distance (10km) divided by the time (t).
Match with Answer Choices: Looking at the answer choices, we can see that (B)t10=r matches the equation we derived. Therefore, the correct way for Maya to write her equation for her average rate given the time it takes her to finish is (B)t10=r.
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