I will give you branilest! In many contexts we can interpret negative rates as "rates in opposite direction". For example, a car that is traveling -35 miles per hour is traveling in the opposite direction of a car that is traveling 40 miles per hour.

1. What could it mean if we say that water if flowing at a rate of -5 gallons per minute?

2. Make up another situation with a negative rate, and explain what it could mean.

The ratio of rock songs to dance songs on jonathan’s mp3 player is 5: 6. the total number of rock and dance songs jonathan has is between 101 120. how many rock songs does he have?

Someone this asap for a group of students attends a basketball game. * the group buys x hot dogs at the concession stand for $2 each. * the group buys y drinks at the concession stand for $3 each. the group buys 29 items at the concession stand for a total of $70. how many hot dogs did the group buy?

Data from 2005 for various age groups show that for each $100 increase in the median weekly income for whites, the median weekly income of blacks increases by $105. also, for workers of ages 25 to 54 the median weekly income for whites was $676 and for blacks was $527. (a) let w represent the median weekly income for whites and b the median weekly income for blacks, and write the equation of the line that gives b as a linear function of w. b = (b) when the median weekly income for whites is $760, what does the equation in (a) predict for the median weekly income for blacks?