Cross Multiplication
x/10=6/4
x=15
15/6=y/x
y=15/6x
Juan types at a constant rate. He can type 2 full pages in 5 and a half minutes. Write the constant rate, C, fraction.
10/y=21/5
y=50/21
20/8=y/x
y=5/2x
Water flows from a faucet at a constant rate. Every 7 minutes 13 gallons of water flows from the faucet. Write the fraction that represents the constant rate, C.
2/3=y/9
2/3=y/x
y=2/3x
Wesley walks at a constant speed from his house to school 2.3 miles away. It took him 32 minutes to get to school. Solve to find how many miles Wesley walked after 19 minutes.
y= 1.36 miles
10/17=y/2
y=20/17
36/8=y/x
y=9/2x
Wesley walks at a constant speed from his house to school 1.5 miles away. It took him 25 minutes to get to school. Write a linear equation in two variables that represents how many miles Wesley walks.
y= 1.5/25x
1/x=3/2
x=2/3
10/20=y/x
y=1/2x
Stefanie drove at a constant speed from her apartment to her friend's house 20 miles away. It took her 45 minutes to reach her destination. Write a two variable equations to represent how many miles Stefanie can drive over any time interval.
y= 4/9x