Unit 4, Lesson 17
Two Related Quantities, Part 2
Accelerated 6
Practice
Problem 1
Student Task Statement
A car is traveling at a constant speed of 50 miles per hour.
- Complete the table with the amounts of time it takes the car to travel certain distances, or the distances traveled for certain amounts of time.
- Write an equation that represents the relationship between the travel distance in miles,
, and the amount of travel time in hours, . - In your equation, which is the dependent variable and which is the independent variable?
time (hours) distance (miles) 2 1.5 50 300