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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The distance traveled by a truck at a constant speed varies directly with the length of time it travels.  If the truck travels 168 miles in 4 hours, how far will it travel in 7 hours? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "d=kt ; need to find \"k\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "168=k*4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "k=42<BR>\n" );
document.write( "EQUATION:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d=42t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If t=7, find distance<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance=42(7)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance=294 miles<BR>\n" );
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