SOLUTION: You and your friend leave your houses at the same time to meet at a restaurant. The distance (in miles) your friend is from the restaurant is given by y=-50x+75, where x is the num
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Question 1057509: You and your friend leave your houses at the same time to meet at a restaurant. The distance (in miles) your friend is from the restaurant is given by y=-50x+75, where x is the number of hours since your friend left home. You live 90 miles from the restaurant and arrive at the same time as your friend. Write a linear equation that represents your distance from the restaurant
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
When , the friend hasn't left yet
and miles
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When , the friend has
arrived at restaurant
( )
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Let = number of hrs since you left home
( same as friend )
is unknown
Note that when then
( arrived at restaurant )
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Your equation that represents your
distance from the restaurant is:
( when , distance to restaurant is )
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