SOLUTION: Can anyone out there help me with this? I do not understand how to solve this. Over a specified​ distance, rate varies inversely with time. If a car on a test track goes a ce

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Question 1137464: Can anyone out there help me with this? I do not understand how to solve this.
Over a specified​ distance, rate varies inversely with time. If a car on a test track goes a certain distance in one-half minute at 146 ​mph, what rate is needed to go the same distance in two-thirds ​minute?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39620)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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rate varies inversely with time. If a car on a test track goes a certain distance in one-half minute at 146 ​mph, what rate is needed to go the same distance in two-thirds ​minute?
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r, rate
t, time
k, variation constant

First sentence means, .

The fact that the time units involved in the next part of description are not the same is not a problem here.
Second sentence gives t=1/2 and r=146. Use these to get a value for k.





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Formula is .
You can look into the units for k, if you want to.


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what rate is needed to go the same distance in two-thirds ​minute?
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