Five pounds of body fat is equivalent to 16000 calories. Carol can burn 600 calories per hour bicycling and 400 calories per swimming. How many calories will carol burn in x hours of cycling? How many calories will she burn in y hours of swimming?

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Jaiden Shea

24 December, 02:36

Five pounds of body fat is equivalent to 16000 calories. Carol can burn 600 calories per hour bicycling and 400 calories per swimming. How many calories will carol burn in x hours of cycling? How many calories will she burn in y hours of swimming?

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Marisol Brooks · Answer 1

Rates have units as in calories per hour that cancel out. When you multiply these by the dividing units.

Calories burned Cycling = 600x

Calories burned Swimming = 400y