Question

an airplane flies from san francisco to los angeles. the distance of the flight is always 540 km, no matter how many people are on the plane. complete the table to show the distance, in km, that the plane travels when there are 40 or 60 people on the flight.

distance traveled in km, x	540	540
number of people, y	5	25	40	60

Explanation:

Step1: Analyze the pattern

The distance from San Francisco to Los Angeles is constant, so regardless of the number of people (\(y\)), the distance (\(x\)) remains 540 km.

Step2: Fill in for \(y = 40\)

Since distance is constant, when \(y = 40\), \(x = 540\).

Step3: Fill in for \(y = 60\)

Similarly, when \(y = 60\), \(x = 540\) as the distance doesn't depend on the number of people.

Answer:

For \(y = 40\), \(x = 540\); for \(y = 60\), \(x = 540\) (So the two empty cells in the table should be filled with 540 and 540 respectively).