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A whale swims 200 miles in 5 days. Identify which equation could be used to find how many miles it swims in 16 days.(1 point)
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y=200×16×5
y equals 200 times 16 times 5

y=40×16
y equals 40 times 16

y=200×16
y equals 200 times 16

200=16x

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To find how many miles a whale swims in 16 days based on the information that it swims 200 miles in 5 days, we first need to determine its daily swimming rate.

  1. Calculate the daily distance: \[ \text{Daily Distance} = \frac{200 \text{ miles}}{5 \text{ days}} = 40 \text{ miles/day} \]

  2. Now, to find out how far it swims in 16 days: \[ \text{Distance in 16 days} = 40 \text{ miles/day} \times 16 \text{ days} = 640 \text{ miles} \]

Thus, the equation we can use to find the distance in 16 days is: \[ y = 40 \times 16 \]

So the correct response is: y = 40 × 16.