Linear formulas and equations: Formulas
Formulas
Jack walks at a pace of kilometres per hour. We calculate the distance Jack has walked with the formula .
Here, the is denoted in kilometres with the variable , and the is denoted in hours with the variable . Using this formula, we can calculate the distance for different values of time .
If Jack walks for hours, .
We get , so Jack has walked kilometers.
If Jack walks for hours, .
We get , so Jack has walked kilometers.
The formula:
If , then
If , then
The formula is:
The total costs for skating can be calculated by adding the price of the admission ticket to the number of hours multiplied by the price for hour of skating.
In words, the formula looks like this:
Using letters for the variables, we can write this formula a little shorter:
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