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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AngeI · Answer

Hello O: 
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AngeI · Answer

Can you please show the table?

Rhodo132 · Answer

here
the first is Aretha and the last is c's

AngeI · Answer

Any chance you could screen shot the second one so I do not have to download it?

Rhodo132 · Answer

yeah here

AngeI · Answer

So Aretha does a mile in 10 minutes , Corinne does 1.2 miles in 10 minutes

Rhodo132 · Answer

k

Rhodo132 · Answer

but how many min will it take for Corinne to catch Aretha?

AngeI · Answer

This is where the math comes in, but I honestly dont feel like explaining because I hate doing work .-.
Its 140

Rhodo132 · Answer

ok thanks!

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