document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=420788>Question 420788</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I really need help.  I have only 1 question.  here is is the info.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You are driving from Grand Rapids, to Detroit, MI.  You leave Grand Rapid at 4:00pm.  At 5:10pm you pass through Lansing, MI a distance of 65miles.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I have to write a linear equation that gives the distance in miles, d, in terms of time, t.  Let t represents the number of the minutes since 4:00pm.  Then, what time will you arrive in Detroit if it is 150 miles from Grand Rapidsm MI.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Okay, I think:  d = 65 miles, and t = 70 minutes.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "65 divided by 70 = 0.928 miles per minute.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "0.928 x 150 minutes = 2.33 hours  (arrival time would be at 6 hours and 33 minutes.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you for any help that you can give me.   </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You leave Grand Rapid at 4:00pm. At 5:10pm you pass through Lansing, MI a distance of 65miles.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "t = 70 min = 7/6 hr<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = 65<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Rate = 65/(70) miles/min<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "distance = 0.928571t<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I have to write a linear equation that gives the distance in miles, d, in terms of time, t.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let t represents the number of the minutes since 4:00pm. Then, what time will you arrive in Detroit if it is 150 miles from Grand Rapidsm MI.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "150 = 0.028571t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 161.54 minutes = (161.54) = (120 + 41.54)min = 2 hr 41.54 min<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "time of arrival at Grand Rapids = 6:54 PM<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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