Mrs. Chandler, the P. E. teacher, is pairing off students to race against each other. Latrell can run 4 yards per second, and Christopher can run 6 yards per second. Mrs. Chandler decides to give Latrell a head start of 10 yards since he runs more slowly. Once the students start running, Christopher will quickly catch up to Latrell. How far will Christopher have to run? Graph your answer

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Sanders

1 November, 12:48

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Dexter Pena · Answer 1

Christopher will need to run 5 seconds in order to catch up with Latrell

Step-by-step explanation:

0 = 2x - 10

0 - 2x = - 10

-2x = - 10

x = 5