Question

graph shows the distance, y, in miles, of a moving motorboat from an island for a certain amount of time, x, in hours:

What is the speed of the motorboat?
35 miles per hour
70 miles per hour
105 miles per hour
315 miles per hour

Answer 1

@Ashes.boom

Answer 2

how many miles the boat moves in 1 hour?

Answer 3

35?

Answer 4

Well not quite. the starting point is 35 mile at time=0, what is the distance at time=1 hour

Answer 5

105

Answer 6

so in that hour, how far the boat travels?

Answer 7

105

Answer 8

but the boat starts at 35 miles...

Answer 9

so it goes 70

Answer 10

so what is the boat's speed?

Answer 11

70

Answer 12

bingo :)

Answer 13

okay thank you

Answer 14

welcome