Marcia and Tamara are running a race. Marcia has run 4 km. Tamara has completed 3 4ths of the race and 2.5 km ahead of Marcia. write an equation that represents the relationship…

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MSajjadi · Answer 1 · 2019-05-26T13:59:38+0000

Answer:

$y = x +2.5\,km$

Explanation:

The equations for each runner are, respectively:

Marcia

$x = 4\,km$

Tamara

$y = x +2.5\,km$

Race length

$s = (4)/(3)\cdot y$

The relationship between each runner is:

$y = x +2.5\,km$