Question
Tanner is walking home from school, which is 9 blocks from his home. He walks 1 block per minute.
Write an equation that shows the relationship between the number of minutes Tanner has been walking, x, and the number of blocks he is from home, y.
y=
Write an equation that shows the relationship between the number of minutes Tanner has been walking, x, and the number of blocks he is from home, y.
y=
Answers
GPT-4o mini
To express the relationship between the number of minutes Tanner has been walking (x) and the number of blocks he is from home (y), we can start by noting that Tanner walks 1 block per minute and that he starts 9 blocks away from home.
At the beginning (when \( x = 0 \)), Tanner is 9 blocks from home, so \( y = 9 \). After \( x \) minutes, he will have walked \( x \) blocks, so the distance remaining from home will be:
\[
y = 9 - x
\]
Thus, the equation that shows the relationship is:
\[
y = 9 - x
\]
At the beginning (when \( x = 0 \)), Tanner is 9 blocks from home, so \( y = 9 \). After \( x \) minutes, he will have walked \( x \) blocks, so the distance remaining from home will be:
\[
y = 9 - x
\]
Thus, the equation that shows the relationship is:
\[
y = 9 - x
\]