SOLUTION: A runner's speed in a race and the time it takes to run the the race is: direct variation, inverse variation, or neither, and explain why.

SOLUTION: A runner's speed in a race and the time it takes to run the the race is: direct variation, inverse variation, or neither, and explain why.

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Question 319730: A runner's speed in a race and the time it takes to run the the race is:
direct variation, inverse variation, or neither, and explain why.
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Inverse variation.
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Reason: Because the greater the speed the less the time, and the less the speed
the greater the time.
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Edwin

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