MODELING REAL LIFE
Your goal is to bike and jog
a total of 150 miles this
month. You want to bike
no more than 120 miles
this month. The equation
12.5x+6y= 150 models
this situation, where x is
the number of hours you
bike and y is the number of
hours you jog.
a. Interpret the terms and coefficients in the equation.
b. Graph the equation. Interpret the intercept(S).
jog hours when you do not bike
any miles.
You bike for 9 hours this month. How many hours must you jog to reach your goal? How many miles do you bike? jog?
You must jog hours to reach
the goal.
Bike:
mi
Jog:
mi