SOLUTION: Joseph paddles his canoe at an average speed of 3.5 miles per hour. After 5 hours of canoeing, Joseph has traveled 18 miles. a. Write an equation in point-slope form. b. Write yo

Question 1000541: Joseph paddles his canoe at an average speed of 3.5 miles per hour. After 5 hours of canoeing, Joseph has traveled 18 miles.
a. Write an equation in point-slope form.
b. Write your equation in slope-intercept.
c. How far will Joseph travel in 8.5 hours?
Question: I do not know what the y, x, and m (slope) is. Could you please help me, so I can answer the other questions?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39621) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You can try RT=D as D=RT, and pick your variables to match "slope-intercept" form. y is distance, m is slope meaning here, RATE, and x is time. This is to be done as . This simply gives .

Does this work with the given data?

-----------False, so the given data does not work and therefore is wrong.

Find out which data you have is wrong, and then you can do (a), (b), and (c). In any case, y=Rx or y=mx will be the form you want for slope-intercept form. The y-intercept is 0.
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