A scientist finds the distances d that two snakes travel in a time of t seconds. the equation 16t = d represents the relationship for the black mamba. the equation 1.5t = d represents the relationship for he rought-scaled snake. graph each equation. which is steeper? what does that tell you about how fast the two snakes are?

From the equation given, the time for the black mamba snake to cover distance d, will be d/16 while that for the the rought-scaled snake would be d/1.5.

Assume that the distance covered by both snakes is 200 meters;

Then,

Time taken by the black mamba is 200/16 = 12.5 seconds, and

Time taken by the rought-scaled snake is 200/1.5 = 133.33 seconds

Clearly the black mamba is faster at 12.5 seconds compared with the rought-scaled snake.