8th Grade Functions: Bike Race
Antonio and Juan are in a 4-mile bike race. The graph below shows the distance
of each racer (in miles) as a function of time (in minutes).
distance (miles)
Antonio
OMATO
3
6
9
12
15
t (minutes)
a. Who wins the race? How do you know?

If you look first at y-axis (vertical), you will see that both lines (curves) go upto a distance of 4 miles. So, the race is of 4 miles. Both of them finish.

Now,

If you look at the corresponding x-axis value of where each curve ends, you will see:

Antonio finishes at 15 mins

Juan finishes at 13 minutes

So we can successfully say that Juan wins the race since he finishes 2 mins faster than Antonio.

Juan wins the race

8th Grade Functions: Bike Race Antonio and Juan are in a 4-mile bike race. The graph below shows the distance of each racer (in miles) as a function of time (in minutes). distance (miles) Antonio OMATO 3 6 9 12 15 t (minutes) a. Who wins the race? How do you know?

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8th Grade Functions: Bike Race
Antonio and Juan are in a 4-mile bike race. The graph below shows the distance
of each racer (in miles) as a function of time (in minutes).
distance (miles)
Antonio
OMATO
3
6
9
12
15
t (minutes)
a. Who wins the race? How do you know?