Anyone please help me!
Directions: Follow the instructions below to design a fair race for the new video game Animal Tracks.
1. Choose two animals with different speeds. You can choose from the chart that starts at the bottom of this page or do research to choose your own. (I chose elephant which is 25 mph and an ostrich which is 40 mph.)
2. Design a fair race in which the two animals have an equal chance of winning if they race at their top speed. Here are a few tips for your design:
a. The race is fair if the two animals could finish the race in the same amount of time.
b. You can give the slower animal a shorter distance to race.
c. Since this is a video game, the race does not need to be realistic—it can be any length, and the animals can run at a constant speed.
3. Write a system of two linear equations showing the distance each animal can travel to model the fair race. Be sure to define all variables.
4. Graph the system to prove that the two animals have an equal chance of winning the race. Explain how the graph proves the race is fair.
Here's my work:
1 = Elephant | 25 mph
2 = Ostrich | 40 mph
v=d/t,
t=d1/v1
t= d2/v2
-t= - (d1/v1)
0=(d2/v2)-(d1/v1)
t=(d2/v2)
d2=v2(d1/v1)
d2=(45/25)(1)=1.6
I've figure out the math for this part but I'm terrible with making graphs, could anyone help me make a graph and explain it to me? Thank you!
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Create a two linear equations.
what do you think Bot
Let's say:
- L represents the speed of the lion
- E represents the speed of the elephant
From the given information, we know that:
L = 50 mph
E = 25 mph
Thus, the two linear equations to represent these speeds could be:
1. L = 50
2. E = 25
Alternatively, if you want to relate the two speeds or find their difference, you could subtract the two equations:
1. L - E = 25
2. E - L = -25
These equations can be interpreted as "The lion runs 25 mph faster than the elephant" and "The elephant runs 25 mph slower than the lion."
1. Identify the equation of the line you want to graph. For example, let's say you have the equation y = 2x + 3.
2. Choose values for x to use as inputs. For example, you could use 0, 1, 2, and 3.
3. Use the equation to calculate the corresponding values of y for each value of x. For example, if x = 0, then y = 2(0) + 3 = 3. Similarly, if x = 1, then y = 2(1) + 3 = 5.
4. Plot the points (x,y) on your graph.
5. Draw a line connecting the points. This line represents the graph of the equation.
6. Add labels to the axis and title to the graph, if necessary.
7. Finally, check if the slope of the line is positive or negative, this will help you understand the relationship between the two variables.
create two linear equations and a graph representing the equations.
So what do i do now?
For the lion, we have:
y = 50x
For the elephant, we have:
y = 25x
To graph these equations, we can use a coordinate plane. We'll set the x-axis to represent the speed (in miles per hour) and the y-axis to represent the distance covered (in miles) in one hour. We'll then plot the two points (0,0) and (1,50) for the lion equation, and the two points (0,0) and (1,25) for the elephant equation. Then, we'll draw a line connecting the two points for each equation. The resulting graph will have two parallel lines, one for the lion and one for the elephant, with the lion's line being twice as steep as the elephant's line.
Here's what the graph looks like:
![lion-elephant-graph](https://i.imgur.com/y5EpaOp.png)
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also show me how to graph the equations if you can
For the cheetah:
Using the slope-intercept form y = mx + b, where y represents the distance (in miles) covered by the cheetah in x hours, we have:
y = 72x
For the chicken:
Using the same formula, y = mx + b, where y represents the distance (in miles) covered by the chicken in x hours, we have:
y = 9x
To graph these equations, we can use a coordinate plane. We'll set the x-axis to represent time (in hours) and the y-axis to represent distance (in miles) covered in that time. We'll then plot the two points (0,0) and (1,72) for the cheetah equation, and the two points (0,0) and (1,9) for the chicken equation. Finally, we'll draw a line connecting the two points for each equation.
Here is the graph:
![cheetah-chicken-graph](https://i.imgur.com/Tq7OFla.png)
also show me how to graph the equations if you can
For the cheetah, let x be the time (in hours) and y be the distance (in miles) covered:
y = 72x
For the chicken, the equation would be:
y = 9x
To make a fair race, we can consider giving the chicken a head start. Since the chicken runs much slower than the cheetah, it would need a significant head start. One way to make the race fair could be to give the chicken a 3-hour head start, so that it's further down the track when the cheetah starts running. In 3 hours, the chicken would have covered a distance of:
d = 9 * 3 = 27 miles
So the cheetah would need to cover a distance of 27 miles less than the total distance to make the race fair. Let's say the total distance is d, then the cheetah would cover d - 27 miles and the chicken would cover d miles. We can set up the following equation to solve for d (the total distance of the race):
72x = 9x + d - 27
Solving for d, we get:
d = 63x + 27
So for a given time x, the total distance of the race would be 63x + 27 miles. The chicken would start at 0 miles and the cheetah would start at 27 miles (the chicken's head start). We can then graph the two equations on the same coordinate axis to see where they intersect, which would be the point where they finish the race at the same time.
Here is the graph:
![cheetah-chicken-graph-with-intersection](https://i.imgur.com/7LmkVV8.png)
The intersection point is where the two lines intersect. In this case, the intersection point is (0.375,29.25). This means that if the chicken starts 0.375 hours (22.5 minutes) before the cheetah, they will finish the race at the same time.
- x: the time (in hours) it takes for both the cheetah and the chicken to finish the race
- d: the total distance (in miles) of the race
- y: the distance (in miles) covered by the cheetah or the chicken at a given time x (in hours) during the race.
![Fair race Graph](https://i.imgur.com/Fh7J1qk.png)
In this graph, the x-axis represents the time (in hours) and the y-axis represents the distance (in miles) covered by the cheetah or the chicken at a given time during the race. The green line represents the distance covered by the chicken, and the blue line represents the distance covered by the cheetah. The red circle is the intersection point (0.375, 29.25), where the two lines intersect and the chicken and the cheetah finish the race at the same time. The graph shows that the race is fair since the two animals finish the race at the intersection point and have an equal opportunity to win if they cover the same distances in the same amount of time.