Dakota lives 1,500 meters from school. She leaves for school, walking at a speed of 60 meters per minute. How do you write an equation for her distance d in meters from school after she walks for t minutes?

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Answer 1 · 2016-10-26T22:34:40

$R = 1500 - (60 \cdot t)$ $R = 1500 - (60 * t)$

Total $d$ $d$ istance walked = $1500$ $1500$ meters.

Dakota's $r$ $r$ ate is $60$ $60$ meters per minute.

The equation for $d$ $d$ istance walked over time = $r \cdot t$ $r * t$ .

Therefore the distance walked over $t$ $t$ ime = $60 \cdot t$ $60 * t$

The equation for distance remaining (let's call it $R$ $R$ is $1500 - (60 \cdot t$ $1500 - (60 * t$ ).

so the remaining distance to walk after a time $t$ $t$ can be written as"
$R = 1500 - (60 \cdot t)$ $R = 1500 - (60 * t)$