SOLUTION: If the distance traveled is 3 laps when the time is 4 minutes, what is the number of laps when the time is 7 minutes?

Question 927557: If the distance traveled is 3 laps when the time is 4 minutes, what is the number of laps when the time is 7 minutes?
Answer by Techpriest(29) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
According to the distance formula:

We can assume from the problem that

So, we plug in the distance and time into the formula to find the rate first.

Division Property of Equality
So if r = 3/4, then we can also plug in the time of 7 minutes into the equation to find the distance traveled in 7 minutes.

Simplify
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