Question

A car covers $50$ miles in 1 hour, $100$ miles in $2$ hours, and $150$ miles in $3$ hours. Assuming that this trend continues, calculate the distance covered by the car in $5$ hours.

• A. $450mi$
• B. $150mi$
• C. $250mi$
• D. $300mi$

Answer 1

The correct option is C $250mi$

Given, the ordered pairs of time and distance are $(1,50),(2,100),(3,150).$ Let’s plot these points on the coordinate plane and draw a line through them.

Observing the graph, we can see that the distance covered by the car in $5$ hours is $250$ miles.