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).
c.
You bike for 9 hours this month. How many hours
must you jog to reach your goal? How many miles
do you bike? jog?
