SOLUTION: Your friends are visiting family in Chicago. In 5 hours they were 250 miles closer to to their destination (they were traveling at a speed of 50mph) Equation: y= -50x+500 How lo

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Question 713874: Your friends are visiting family in Chicago. In 5 hours they were 250 miles closer to to their destination (they were traveling at a speed of 50mph)
Equation: y= -50x+500
How long does it take to travel 112.5 miles?

Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
in the equation is how far from their
destination they are.
Initially, and they are miles away
They will have traveled miles when they
are miles from their
destination, so I can say




It will take them 2 hrs and 15 min to travel 112.5 mi

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