document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=176432>Question 176432</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hey how would you set up this equation?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Istas rides her bicycle down a hill. For every kilometer that she rides, her altitude changes by -9m.  What is Istas’s altitude relative to her starting point after she rides 7km?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " I’m thinking it would be (-9)(7)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the rider is going down hill, then would that make the distance a negative number or positive number?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A) 16m\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B) -16m\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "C) 63m\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "D) -63m<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #131547 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><B>solver91311(24713)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=solver91311><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=131547\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> It has to be a negative number because she is going downhill and the question asks for her altitude <i>relative</i> to her starting point. </SPAN>\n" );
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