You are training twice a week for a race. On Monday, you go 4 miles in 40 minutes. Then on Wednesday you go 2 miles in 16 minutes. Write an equation where y is the number of miles and x is the time in minutes for the day you ran the fastest for the week.(1 point) Responses y=8x y equals 8 x y=10x y equals 10 x y=0.1x y equals 0.1x y=0.125x y equals 0.125x

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To determine the day you ran the fastest in terms of miles and time, we need to calculate the pace for each day (miles per minute) and compare them.

On Monday, you ran 4 miles in 40 minutes. Therefore, the pace is 4/40 = 0.1 miles per minute.

On Wednesday, you ran 2 miles in 16 minutes. Therefore, the pace is 2/16 = 0.125 miles per minute.

Since 0.125 is greater than 0.1, it means that you ran faster on Wednesday.

Therefore, the equation where y is the number of miles and x is the time in minutes for the day you ran the fastest for the week is y = 0.125x.