Question 1110070
The two animals that I chose were animal 1 = cheetah (70mph) and animal 2 = Lion (50mph)
I chose a race of 350 miles and the lion gets a 100 mile start 
the equations I have using slope intercept form are:
animal 1 - cheetah - 350=70x
animal 2 - lion - 350 50x+100
y=distance of the race 
m-speed of the animal
b=hours 
Can you help me and tell me if I am on the right track and how I would graph this? I am struggling with how to graph this. When I try to graph it using the slope intercept I get the same line. How do I do this differently? Or what do I do to create a graph using the equations (if Im correct)??
Thank You for your assistance and guidance 
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You get the same line because you are graphing time.
time = distance/rate
cheetah time = 350 miles/70 mph = 5 hrs
lion time = (350-100)miles/50 mph = 250miles/50mph = 5 hrs
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To get more variability the equation would have to DETERMINE
the distance the lion would have to travel so the game would be fair
OR the speed of one of the animals to make the game fair.
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If cheetah is 70 and distance is x solve for x if time is 5 hrs
If lion is 50 and time is 5 hrs what is his required advantage for a fair game.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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