Question

You and your bestfriend are both on the swim team. You want to beat your bestfriend at the next swim meet so you decide to swim 15 minutes longer than she does on day at practice write an equation for the number of minutes you swim,y, when you bestfriend swims x number of minutes

Answer 1

y = x + 15

Explanation:

You swim 15 minutes more than a friend.The friend swims x minutes.

The amount of time you swim is 15 more than x.

Your time is y

Therefore y = x + 15 would be the equation.