Asked by sara

Scientists are preparing two satellites to be launched. The satellite, Space Explorer B, flies 65000 miles in 25 hours. The table below represents the number of miles, yy, that the satellite, Space Explorer A, flies in xx hours.
Space Explorer A
Hours left parenthesis x right parenthesisHours (x) Miles left parenthesis y right parenthesisMiles (y)
1919 114000114000
2121 126000126000
2323 138000138000
2525 150000150000
How many fewer miles does Space Explorer B travel in one hour than Space Explorer A?

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Space Explorer B: 65,000 miles ÷ 25 hours = 2,600 miles/hour.

Space Explorer A: from the table, every 2 hours it goes 12,000 miles, so 12,000 ÷ 2 = 6,000 miles/hour.

Difference: 6,000 − 2,600 = 3,400 miles.

So B travels 3,400 fewer miles per hour than A.