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document.write( "Matt bikes 50km to a friend’s home.  The distance, d, in kilometres, varies directly with the time, t, in hours.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a) Find an equation relating distance and time if it takes 1.5 hours to travel 24 kilometres.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b) What does the constant of variation represent in this problem?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c)Use the equation to determine how long it will take Matt to reach his friend’s house.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Matt bikes 50km to a friend’s home. The distance, d, in kilometres, varies directly with the time, t, in hours.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "k = d/t<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a) Find an equation relating distance and time if it takes 1.5 hours to travel 24 kilometres.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "k = = 24/1.5 = 16 km/hr<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b) What does the constant of variation represent in this problem?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ans: rate<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c)Use the equation to determine how long it will take Matt to reach his friend’s house.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "k = d/t = 16 km/hr = 50 km/t ; t = 50/16 = 3.125 hrs.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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