Jade and her roommate Jari commute to work each morning, traveling west on I-10. One morning Jade left for work at 6:50 A.M., but Jari left 10 minutes later. Both drove at a constant speed. The following graphs show the distance (in miles) each of them has traveled on I-10 at time t (in minutes), where t = 0 is 7:00 A.M. y 30 Jade Distance 20 travled (mi) (6, 16) 10 Jari (6, 7) 4 6 8 10 12 Time Since 7:00 A.M. (min) (a) Use the graph to decide which of them is traveling faster. O Jade O Jari (b) Find the speed (in mi/h) at which each of them is driving. Jari mi/h Jade mi/h (c) Find linear functions fand g that model the distances that Jade and Jari travel as functions oft (in minutes). Jari d(t) = Jade d(t) =

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Jade and her roommate Jari commute to work each morning, traveling west on I-10. One morning Jade left for work at 6:50 A.M., but Jari left 10 minutes later. Both drove at a constant speed. The following graphs show the
distance (in miles) each of them has traveled on I-10 at time t (in minutes), where t = 0 is 7:00 A.M.
y
30
Jade
Distance 20
travled (mi)
(6, 16)
10
Jari
(6, 7)
X.
2
4
8
10
12
Time Since 7:00 A.M. (min)
(a) Use the graph to decide which of them is traveling faster.
O Jade
O Jari
(b) Find the speed (in mi/h) at which each of them is driving.
Jari
mi/h
Jade
mi/h
(c) Find linear functions fand g that model the distances that Jade and Jari travel as functions of t (in minutes).
Jari
d(t) =|
Jade
d(t) =
Transcribed Image Text:Jade and her roommate Jari commute to work each morning, traveling west on I-10. One morning Jade left for work at 6:50 A.M., but Jari left 10 minutes later. Both drove at a constant speed. The following graphs show the distance (in miles) each of them has traveled on I-10 at time t (in minutes), where t = 0 is 7:00 A.M. y 30 Jade Distance 20 travled (mi) (6, 16) 10 Jari (6, 7) X. 2 4 8 10 12 Time Since 7:00 A.M. (min) (a) Use the graph to decide which of them is traveling faster. O Jade O Jari (b) Find the speed (in mi/h) at which each of them is driving. Jari mi/h Jade mi/h (c) Find linear functions fand g that model the distances that Jade and Jari travel as functions of t (in minutes). Jari d(t) =| Jade d(t) =
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