SOLUTION: Mr. Smith drives at a speed of 60 miles per hour to visit his son who lives 200 miles away. Write an equation in slope intercept form that represents the distance from his son’s

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Question 1170476: Mr. Smith drives at a speed of 60 miles per hour to visit his son who lives 200 miles away. Write an equation in slope intercept form that represents the distance from his son’s home and the time he has been driving.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
At time 0, distance from son is 200 miles.
At time , t, distance from son is 0 miles.-----but this not necessary.

or

The vertical axis intercept was already described, (0,200);


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