SOLUTION: You are driving at a constant speed on a freeway. At 4:30 PM you drive by a sign that gives the distance to Montgomery, Alabama as 84 miles. At 4:59 PM, you drive by another sign

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Question 433717: You are driving at a constant speed on a freeway. At 4:30 PM you drive by a sign that gives the distance to Montgomery, Alabama as 84 miles. At 4:59 PM, you drive by another sign that gives the distance to Montgomery as 56 miles.
a) Write a linear equation that gives your distance from montgomery in terms of time t. (Let t=0 represent 4:30 pm and let t be measured in minutes.)
b) Use the equation in part (a) to find the time when you will reach Montgomery.
Answer by rwm(914) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You shouldn't be doing math problems while driving!
Those Alabama cops will put you in jail.
You'll be in Montgomery before you figure out the problem anyways.
0,84
29,56
find the equation using those two points