Question

Rita walks on a treadmill for exercise. She creates the table below to show the relationship

between the amount of time, t, she spends on the treadmill and the distance, d, she walks.
Which equation models this relationship?
t=5d
Rita's Exercise
d=1.25t
Time on Treadmill (in hours)
0.25
0.5
0.75
Distance (in miles)
1.25
2.5
3.75
t=1.25d
5
1.25
6.25
d=5t

Answer 1

d=1.25t

Explanation:

Remember: distance = rate times time. Thus, d=1.25t is correct. That 1.25 is the rate: 1.25 units per unit of time.

Next time, please try to present the data as a table with two columns:

time distance

1 1.25

2 2.50