Question

Assume a 125 pound person burns 150 calories after 15 minutes of jogging and 200 calories after 20 minutes of jogging.

Part 1: Use calories as the y-coordinate and minutes as the x-coordinate. After writing two ordered pairs, find the slope. What does the slope represent in terms of the information provided?

Part 2: Write an equation, in slope intercept form, to represent this data.

Part 3: How many calories will this person burn after 35 minutes of jogging? Using complete sentences, explain how the equation, slope, or graph can help to predict calories burn