Tyler and Elena are on the cross country team.

Tyler's distances and times for a training run are shown on the graph.

Elena’s distances and times for a training run are given by the equation y=8.5x, where x represents distance in miles and y represents time in minutes.

Who ran farther in 10 minutes?

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How much farther?

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Can you use the graph to write an equation for Tyler?

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We now have the following equations:

Would you substitute 10 into or ?
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Can you solve the following equations?

What is the difference between these x-values?
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2

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2

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Explain how you know.

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because tyler was lower by 2 than elenaa

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Calculate Tyler's pace in minutes per mile.