document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=536637>Question 536637</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> i am having trouble taking the information in a word problem and plugging it into a formula. if i see one example i can do the others. the problem is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A driver is initially 270 miles from home, traveling towards home on a straight interstate at 72 mph. write a formula for a function y=D(x)that models the distance between the driver and home after x hours.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "any help would be appriciated!!!!<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Distance equals rate times time.  You are given a rate of 72 mph and a time of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> hours.  So the distance traveled in <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> hour at 72 mph is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 72x\"> miles.  But since he is starting at 270 miles from home going toward home the distance from home is 270 miles minus the distance he has traveled in <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> hours, hence:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ D(x)\ =\ 270\ -\ 72x\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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