Question

At the movies, Jill and Carly each buy abox of gummy candy. Carly eats 3 gummiesevery 15 minutes during the movie. Thenumber of gummies Jill has left based on theamount of time is shown in the graph below.mileat.

Answer 1

The rate of eating gummies for Carly is:

`(3gummy)/(15\min)=(1gummy)/(5\min )`

In the graph we can see the rate of Jill, she started with 20 gummies, and after 30 minutes she had 16 gummies left. It means she ate 20-16=4 gummies in 30 minutes, thus the Jill's rate is:

`(4gummies)/(30\min)=(2gummies)/(15\min )`

If we compare both rates, in 15 minutes Carly ate 3 gummies and Jill ate 2 gummies, so, Carly is eating the gummies at a faster rate than Jill.