document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=335139>Question 335139</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let X be the driving time (in hours) since a person has fueled up his car, and let Y be the number of gallons of gas in the car's gas tank. Assume that the equation y=-3X+18 describes the relationship between X and  Y.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Question: What does the variable y represent? what is the unit of y? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write the equation that describes the relation between the variables.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the X-intercept and the Y-intercept. Show the algebra. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #240178 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><B>stanbon(75887)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=240178\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  Let X be the driving time (in hours) since a person has fueled up his car, and let Y be the number of gallons of gas in the car's gas tank. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Assume that the equation y=-3X+18 describes the relationship between X and Y.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Question: What does the variable y represent? # of gallons of gas in the tank.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "what is the unit of y? gallons<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write the equation that describes the relation between the variables.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -3x+18<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the X-intercept and the Y-intercept. Show the algebra.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-intercept = ?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let y = 0 ; then x = 6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y-intercept = ?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let x = 0 ; then y = 18<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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