SOLUTION: If a bicyclist rides his bike and travels 17miles in one hour and 102 miles in 6 hours, write an equation of a line then create a graph.

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Question 1025023: If a bicyclist rides his bike and travels 17miles in one hour and 102 miles in 6 hours, write an equation of a line then create a graph.
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Both of the rates are equal, so
the equation is:

where = distance in miles
and = time in hrs
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Here's the plot:

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