Corinne and Aretha are having a 26-mile race. Corinne gave Aretha a head start by letting her begin 3.5 miles in front of the start line. Their distances past the start line as the race has progressed can be represented by linear functions and are shown in the table and graph below. How many minutes after the start of the race will Corinne catch Aretha?

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anonymous · Answer

No table and graph shown.

anonymous · Answer

Corinne’s Distance Past the Start Line 


Time (minutes) 

10 

20 

30 

40 

50 


Distance (miles) 

1.25 

2.5 

3.75 

5.0 

6.25 

      



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140 minutes

180 minutes

208 minutes

225 minutes

trojanpoem · Answer

May you clarify a bit ?  

Time (minutes)  for corinee

10 

20 

30 

40 

50 


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140 minutes

180 minutes

208 minutes

225 minutes  for who ?

anonymous · Answer

So first thing is to draw up a graph
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where is Aretha's values?