Using Linear Functions to Predict Car Travel: Distance, Speed, and Time

This video tutorial explains the relationship between distance, rate, and time using the formula d = r * t. It covers the concept of proportional relationships and how they are represented graphically. The tutorial demonstrates how to properly label graphs with independent and dependent variables, and how to use graphs to establish linear relationships. It also shows how to calculate speed and distance using the formula and graphs, emphasizing the constant rate of change in linear functions.

Describe how to calculate the average speed using the formula distance = rate times time.

What does the slope of a distance versus time graph represent?

How can you verify the distance traveled after a certain time using the formula D = r * t?